Detective Comics #26

(April 1939)

[Artists of Death] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Shuster shop

Inks:

Shuster shop

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

V: Pierre D'Orsay and other artists (I for all)

[The Van Dorn Murder Case] (Table of Contents)

Steve Malone / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

V: Paula (I); I: August Van Dorn (I, D), John Van Dorn, Nancy Lee

Indexer Notes

story in red, white, and black

Back from the Dead [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: Jeff Virdone

[The Phony 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:

Joe Savo (Villain, Introduction, Death); Gyp (Villain, Introduction); his gang (Villain, Introduction)

Disguise (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox (Paul Dean)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

[The Taxicab War] (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:

Hegan (Villain, Introduction, Death); Benson (Villain, Introduction); his gang (Introduction)

[The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu: Part 10] (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:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Cleo and Clancy / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Kane

Pencils:

Bob Kane

Inks:

Bob Kane

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

1-line announcement for Batman strip in next issue

[The Fake Shipwreck] (Table of Contents)

Cosmo / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sven Elven

Inks:

Sven Elven

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Dr. Markston (Villain, Introduction); Raolf Bardou (Villain, Introduction)

Indexer Notes

story in red, white, and black

[The Man Who Torpedoed Congress] (Table of Contents)

Spy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Joe Shuster

Inks:

Joe Shuster

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Prof. James Barton (Villain, Introduction, Death); Keller (Villain, Introduction)

Indexer Notes

U. S. Congress building is blown up; restored by Superman, maybe?

The Basketball Mystery (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:

Faro Fleming (Villain, Introduction); Smith (Villain, Introduction)