Detective Comics #22

(December 1938)

[The Return of Fui Onyui] (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:

V: Fui Onyui (D); I: Yat Sin

[Mansion of Maniacs] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Will Ely

Pencils:

Will Ely

Inks:

Will Ely

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Maniacs (villains, death); a girl; Larry Steele

Indexer Notes

story in black and white

[Wanted, Dead or Alive: The Crimson Avenger] (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:

V: Sgt. Haines (I); I: Mr. Gates

The Song of Death [Part 3] (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

A Sticky Clue (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox (Paul Dean)

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

[Break-In at the Bartilian Embassy] (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Joe Shuster

Inks:

Joe Shuster

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; spy

Characters:

Morgan (intro); Nitchova (intro)

[The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu: Part 6] (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

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Oscar the Gumshoe / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Kane

Pencils:

Bob Kane

Inks:

Bob Kane

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

[Bonelli the Jewel Thief] (Table of Contents)

Cosmo / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sven Elven

Inks:

Sven Elven

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

V: Bonelli (I)

Indexer Notes

story in black and white

[The Duchess of Biltshire's Diamonds] (Table of Contents)

Inspector Kent / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Newman (signed)

Pencils:

George Newman (signed)

Inks:

George Newman (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Inspector Kent; The Colonel; The Raven (villain); Duchess of Biltshire; Sergeant Willy Wiggbert; Captain Martineau; Mrs. Martineau

Synopsis:

The Raven's henchmen gas the guards and help him escape from death row via a gyro-plane. Several weeks later, he attempts to steal the Duchess of Biltshire's diamonds worth $500,000.

Keywords:

death row; diamonds; England; gas; gyro-plane; prison; Scotland Yard

Indexer Notes

Last appearance in Detective Comics. The feature makes one more appearance in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #38 (May 1939), where it replaces Cotton Carver for one issue. Story probably inspired by "The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds" (1897) by Guy Booth. Synopsis and some other information by Art Lortie (2013-02-05).

The Snow Murder (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:

Speed Saunders; Ordway (intro, death)