Detective Comics
#24
(February 1939)
DC,
1937 Series
- Volume
- [2]
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1939-01-05
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Detective Comics Inc.
- Editing
- Vin Sullivan
Issue Notes
On sale date from the publication date and volume number found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 1. Second class permit. Copyright number 408865.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (signed as Guardineer)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (signed as Guardineer)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- children; crime
- Keywords
- bondage; counterfeiting; printing presses
[Tic-Tac-Toe]
Cleo and Clancy / comic story / 0.75 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Cleo; Clancy
- Synopsis
- Two uniformed beat officers sneak furtively around the neighborhood until they get to a wooden fence. Creeping behind it they gleefully play games of Tic Tac Toe.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Persian Jewel Mystery
Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (credited)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Speed Saunders; Fence Borden (villain, introduction); Nora Dobson (villain, introduction); Harry Karr (villain, introduction); Syade
- Synopsis
- The Persian consul is charged with murder and Saunders has to prove his innocence. He uses his scientific detective skills to comb through the evidence.
[no title indexed]
Oscar the Gumshoe / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Extra! Gun Moll Escapes
- Genre
- humor; crime
- Characters
- Oscar
[The Model Murder Mystery, Part 1]
Larry Steele, Private Detective / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely)
- Pencils
- Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely)
- Inks
- Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What do you think of this one, Larry?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Larry Steele; Maurice Du Val (villain, introduction); Maxine Beaumont (introduction, death); Lucille Beaumont (introduction, death); Yvonne Beaumont
[The Ace Foundry Sabotage]
Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sven Elven (credited)
- Inks
- Sven Elven (credited)
- Colors
- ? (red tones)
- Letters
- Sven Elven
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The night shift begins work...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Cosmo; Radsky (villain, introduction); Gordon; Radsky
- Synopsis
- Cosmo investigates sabotage at the Ace Foundry. Meanwhile Radsky agitates for a strike.
Indexer Notes
story in red, white, and black
Script previously credited as "Sven Elven ?", but the byline clearly states "Illustrated by Sven Elvin", with no hint of authorship.
[Subterfuge at Sea]
Spy / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (credited)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster
- Inks
- Joe Shuster; Wayne Boring (signed as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One instant the freighter Gale...
- Genre
- adventure; spy
- Characters
- Bart Regan; Sally Norris; Jones (villain, introduction, death); crew of the WHIRLWIND (villains, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- Bart and Sally search for gunrunners aboard a merchant ship.
[Dental Work Now Is Almost As Good an Evidence of Identity As Fingerprints!]
Crime Never Pays / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Vincent (signed)
- Pencils
- Don Vincent (signed)
- Inks
- Don Vincent (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction; crime
Will Issue Own Stamps
Stamp Collectors' Corner / text article / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.
[The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Part 8]
Dr. Fu Manchu / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Leo O'Mealia; Sax Rohmer (original author) (credited)
- Pencils
- Leo O'Mealia
- Inks
- Leo O'Mealia
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nayland Smith dropped cross-legged...
- Genre
- adventure; crime
- Characters
- Dr. Fu Manchu; Sir Dennis Nayland Smith; Dr. Petrie
- Reprints
- from Dr. Fu Manchu daily (Bell Syndicate)
Indexer Notes
Adapted from The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer.
The strip originally appeared in newspapers in 1930 and 1931.
The Old Gray House
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- children; crime
- Characters
- Billy Kane; Joe; Harry (counterfeiter); Chief of Police Higgins
[Tony Sparta and the River Gang]
The Crimson Avenger / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Jim Chambers ?
- Pencils
- Jim Chambers (credited)
- Inks
- Jim Chambers (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say, Mac, you got a nice spot here for a slot machine...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Crimson Avenger [Hal Travis]; Wing; Tony Sparta (villain, introduction); the River Gang (villains, introduction); Sin Lu (introduction)
- Synopsis
- The Crimson Avenger tries to break up an insurance racket.
Back from the Dead [Part 1]
Bruce Nelson / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Tom Hickey ?
- Pencils
- Tom Hickey (signed)
- Inks
- Tom Hickey (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Bruce Nelson; Gentleman Jeff Virdone (villain, introduction); Officer Mears; Officer Grogan; Officer Garrett
Indexer Notes
Not on Bails' list of Fox stories.
Trail of Paper
Buck Marshall, Range Detective / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Homer Fleming (credited as H. Fleming)
- Pencils
- Homer Fleming (credited as H. Fleming)
- Inks
- Homer Fleming (credited as H. Fleming)
- Colors
- ? (red tones)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Buck Marshall; Gene Carley (villain, introduction); The Sheriff; Miss Dorothy
Indexer Notes
story in red, white, and black
[In Two Billion A.D., Part 2]
Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (credited)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster (credited)
- Inks
- Joe Shuster (credited); Wayne Boring (credited as Joe Shuster)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Together with Professor Kenton...
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery; science fiction
- Characters
- Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Iron Fingers (villain, introduction); a tyrant (villain, introduction, death); the bird-man (villain, death); the plant-man (villain, death); the orange guy (villain, introduction); Prof. Kenton
- Synopsis
- Slam and Shorty are still in 2,000,000,000 A.D., where they encounter a variety of weird foes. Finally they return to 1938, but run when Professor Kenton offers to take them into the past.
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Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
[Tic-Tac-Toe]
Cleo and Clancy -
2.
The Persian Jewel Mystery
Speed Saunders -
3.
["Extra! Gun Moll Escapes"]
Oscar the Gumshoe -
4.
[The Model Murder Mystery, Part 1]
Larry Steele, Private Detective -
5.
[The Ace Foundry Sabotage]
Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise -
6.
[Subterfuge at Sea]
Spy -
7.
[Dental Work Now Is Almost As Good an Evidence of Identity As Fingerprints!]
Crime Never Pays -
8.
Will Issue Own Stamps
Stamp Collectors' Corner -
9.
[The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Part 8]
Dr. Fu Manchu -
10.
The Old Gray House
-
11.
[Tony Sparta and the River Gang]
The Crimson Avenger -
12.
Back from the Dead [Part 1]
Bruce Nelson -
13.
Trail of Paper
Buck Marshall, Range Detective -
14.
[In Two Billion A.D., Part 2]
Slam Bradley -
15.
[no title indexed]
Detective Puzzles -
16.
[no title indexed]
Johnson Smith & Co.
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- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Keith Chandler
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Matthew Peets
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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