Detective Comics #30

(August 1939)

[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.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #1 [Standard printing] ([June] 1990)
• in The Batman Chronicles (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([March] 2005)

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.