(August 1939)

DC, 1937 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
Detective Comics, Inc.
Editing:
Vincent Sullivan
Format:
Color; Standard Modern US; Saddle-stitched; Ongoing series

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

none (Table of Contents)

crime scene / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed as Guardineer)
Inks:
Fred Guardineer (signed as Guardineer)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Fred Guardineer; typeset

Content Information

Genre:
crime
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[The Return of Doctor Death] (Table of Contents)

Tha Batman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner F. Fox
Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed); Sheldon Moldoff (backgrounds)
Inks:
Bob Kane (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Sheldon Moldoff

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Mrs. Jones; Doctor Death (villain, as Ivan Herd); Mikhail [villain, Death)
Synopsis:
Thought dead in a fire in his home, Dr. Death has survived, but is in need of funds to re-establish himself, so he sets his sights on diamonds owned by a Mrs. Jones.
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Indexer Notes

Some info and synopsis asdded by Craig Delich 2-8-09.


none (Table of Contents)

Crime Never Pays / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Terry Gilkison (signed as T.G.)
Inks:
Terry Gilkison (signed as T.G.)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
crime

none (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Inks:
Bob Kane
Colors:
?
Letters:
Bob Kane?

Content Information

Genre:
gag
Characters:
Oscar

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2-8-09.


Finger of Doom (Table of Contents)

Buck Marshall, Range Detective / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Homer Fleming (signed as H. Fleming)
Inks:
Homer Fleming (signed as H. Fleming)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Buck Marshall

Indexer Notes

Story printed in red and black only.


[The Dictator of the United States] (Table of Contents)

Spy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Mart Bailey (signed)
Inks:
Mart Bailey (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Bart Regan

[The Old Man and the Kid] (Table of Contents)

Larry Steele, Private Detective / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Inks:
Will Ely (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
detective
Characters:
Larry Steele

Shadowed (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Frank Thomas (signed)
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
adventure

The Crossbow Mystery (Table of Contents)

Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inks:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Fred Guardineer

Content Information

Genre:
detective
Characters:
Speed Saunders

The Tea Racketeers (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Tom Hickey (signed)
Pencils:
Tom Hickey (signed)
Inks:
Tom Hickey (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
detective
Characters:
Bruce Nelson

[The Imperial Insurance Swindle] (Table of Contents)

Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Sven Elven?
Pencils:
Sven Elven (signed)
Inks:
Sven Elven (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Cosmo

Indexer Notes

Story printed in red and black only.


[The Granville Insane Asylum] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Inks:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
detective
Characters:
Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan.

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. [The Return of Doctor Death]
    Tha Batman
  2. 2. none
    Crime Never Pays
  3. 3. none
    Oscar the Gumshoe
  4. 4. Finger of Doom
    Buck Marshall, Range Detective
  5. 5. [The Dictator of the United States]
    Spy
  6. 6. [The Old Man and the Kid]
    Larry Steele, Private Detective
  7. 7. Shadowed
  8. 8. The Crossbow Mystery
    Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator
  9. 9. The Tea Racketeers
    Bruce Nelson
  10. 10. [The Imperial Insurance Swindle]
    Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise
  11. 11. [The Granville Insane Asylum]
    Slam Bradley
This issue was most recently modified by:
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  • Jerry Bails (R.I.P.)
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  • Jeremy Heier
  • Chris Launder
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