Detective Comics #20

(October 1938)

The Jade Buddha (Table of Contents)

Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Fred Guardineer

Inks:

Fred Guardineer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Mandarin Hapsu (introduction, villain); Ming Toy (introduction, death)

[The Island of Wanatoba: Part 2] (Table of Contents)

Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Ely

Pencils:

Will Ely

Inks:

Will Ely

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

V: En Rico (D)

The Door of Death (Table of Contents)

Buck Marshall / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Homer Fleming

Pencils:

Homer Fleming

Inks:

Homer Fleming

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

V: Bogdan (I)

Indexer Notes

story in black and white

[Saving Senator Barkley] (Table of Contents)

Spy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Joe Shuster

Inks:

Joe Shuster

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Senator Barkley (introduction); a gang of spies (introduction, villain)

[The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu: Part 4] (Table of Contents)

Dr. Fu Manchu / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sax Rohmer

Pencils:

Leo O'Mealia

Inks:

Leo O'Mealia

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Reprints:

• from ?

Indexer Notes

strip reprints; adapted from THE INSIDIOUS DR. FU MANCHU by Sax Rohmer

Give and Take (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox [as Paul Dean]

Letters:

typeset

The Song of Death [Part 1] (Table of Contents)

Bruce Nelson / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox ?

Pencils:

Tom Hickey

Inks:

Tom Hickey

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

V: Mrs. Warren (I)

[Block Buster] (Table of Contents)

Crimson Avenger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jim Chambers ?

Pencils:

Jim Chambers

Inks:

Jim Chambers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis] (introduction, first chronological appearance and origin told in Secret Origins (DC, 1986 Series) #5); Wing (introduction); Myron Block (introduction, villain); Joe Marko (introduction, villain)

[Boat Race of Doom] (Table of Contents)

Cosmo / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sven Elven

Inks:

Sven Elven

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

V: Jim Larrabee (I)

Indexer Notes

story in black and white

[The Magician] (Table of Contents)

Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Joe Shuster

Inks:

Joe Shuster

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Pete Hanson (introduction, villain); Muscles (introduction, villain); Langley (introduction, villain); O'Brien (introduction, villain); Mysto (introduction, villain); Slam Bradley

Indexer Notes

Slam Bradley gains magic powers for this story only.