Detective Comics #35

(January 1940)

[The Case of the Ruby Idol] (Table of Contents)

The Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Bob Kane (signed); Sheldon Moldoff (backgrounds)

Inks:

Bob Kane (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sheldon Moldoff

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Weldon; Wong; Sin Fang [Sheldon Lenox] (villain; Intro; Death)

Synopsis:

The existence of a large ruby in the shape of a hideous figure leads to the death of one man and threatens the life of another, so the Batman enters the fray to battle a weird Hindu cult over it.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Batman is shown with a gun on the splash page. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 2-10-09.

Railroad Lingo (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Facts / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Papp (signed)

Inks:

George Papp (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

[The Unknown Sub] (Table of Contents)

Spy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Maurice Kashuba (signed)

Inks:

Maurice Kashuba (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Bart Reagan; Ambassador Ludorf; Von Klotz.

Branded Yellow (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-frontier

Characters:

Buck Marshall

The Kidnapping Racket (Table of Contents)

Steve Malone, District Attorney / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Don Lynch

Inks:

Don Lynch

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Steve Malone

Mystery with Music (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Richard Lawlor (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

J. S. Liebowitz

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Publisher Detective Comics, Inc.
480 Lexington Ave, NY, NY
Editor Vincent Sullivan
Owners: Harry Donenfeld, P. H. Sampliner.

The Voodoo Vengeance (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-mystery

Characters:

Speed Saunders

[Strange Death of Doctor Dupre] (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; Inspector Grey; Dupre.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 2-10-09.

none (Table of Contents)

Spanky & Cranky, the Twins / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks:

Bob Kane (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; children

Characters:

Spanky; Cranky.

[The White Goddess: Part 2] (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-mystery

Characters:

Bruce Nelson; Mambu; Toni Hutton.

[In the Foreign Legion] (Table of Contents)

Slam Bradley / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Mart Bailey (signed)

Inks:

Mart Bailey (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Clyde Winthrop; Scar Jenson; Tony Caputo; Aba Cadabra.

Synopsis:

Slam and Shorty join the Foreign Legion to track down an American fugitive.

Right or Wrong? (Table of Contents)

Flash / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sheldon Mayer?

Inks:

Sheldon Mayer?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Synopsis:

Illustrated promotional ad for Flash Comics #2.