Detective Comics
#35
(January 1940)
DC,
1937 Series
- Volume
- [3]
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1939-11-30
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Detective Comics Inc.
- Editing
- Vin Sullivan
Issue Notes
The volume number and the on-sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 437787.
[no title indexed]
The Batman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Duc D'orterre
- Reprints
-
in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #1 ([July] 1990) -
in DC Archiv Edition (Dino Verlag, 1998 series) #3 - Batman 1 - in The Batman Chronicles (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([May] 2005)
- in Action! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) (December 2011)
- in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #1 (2015 [January 2016])
- in Batman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([October] 2016)
-
in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #92 - Batman - Odyssee 1 ([November 2016])
-
- Keywords
- bondage; hypodermic syringes; mad scientists
Indexer Notes
Since the Duc D'orterre appears on this cover, it is believed this cover was supposed to go with #34's story (note by Craig Delich).
[no title indexed]
Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
[The Case of the Ruby Idol]
The Batman / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane (signed); Sheldon Moldoff (backgrounds)
- Inks
- Bob Kane (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sheldon Moldoff
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Weldon (curio collector); Joe; Mike; Wong; Sin Fang [Sheldon Lenox] (villain, explorer, introduction, death); followers of Kila (villains)
- 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 ([July] 1990)
- in DC Archiv Edition (Dino Verlag, 1998 series) #3 - Batman 1
- in The Batman Chronicles (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([May] 2005)
- in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #1 (2015 [January 2016])
- in Batman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([October] 2016)
-
- Keywords
- gas pellet; Kila (God of Destruction)
Indexer Notes
Batman is shown with a gun on the splash page.
[Railroad Lingo]
Fantastic Facts / cartoon / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Papp (signed)
- Inks
- George Papp (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction
[The Unknown Sub]
Spy / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Maurice Kashuba (signed)
- Inks
- Maurice Kashuba (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; spy
- Characters
- Bart Regan; Ambassador Ludorf; Von Klotz
Branded Yellow
Buck Marshall, Range Detective / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Homer Fleming (signed)
- Inks
- Homer Fleming (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Buck Marshall
The Kidnapping Racket
Steve Malone, District Attorney / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Steve Malone
Mystery with Music
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Dick Lawlor (credited as Richard Lawlor)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
Indexer Notes
Split over two pages.
Statement of Ownership
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Script
- Jack Liebowitz
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Publisher Detective Comics, Inc.
480 Lexington Ave, NY, NY
Editor Vincent Sullivan
Owners: Harry Donenfeld, P. H. Sampliner.
On the bottom of the first page of the text story.
[no title indexed]
The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
At the bottom of the second page of the text story.
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 0.17 page
Indexer Notes
A few small ads in the right-hand column of the second page of the text story.
The Voodoo Vengeance
Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Fred Guardineer
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Speed Saunders
[Strange Death of Doctor Dupre]
Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Sven Elven ?
- Pencils
- Sven Elven (signed)
- Inks
- Sven Elven (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Cosmo; Inspector Grey; Dupre
Indexer Notes
Writer credit added by Craig Delich.
[Cuba Honors Tobacco]
Detective Stamp Page / text article / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Page includes many small ads from stamps dealers.
[no title indexed]
Spanky and Cranky / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cripes! I've been waitin' for that Spanky...
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Spanky; Cranky
[The White Goddess, Part 2]
Bruce Nelson / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Tom Hickey (signed)
- Pencils
- Tom Hickey (signed)
- Inks
- Tom Hickey (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Bruce Nelson; Mambu; Toni Hutton
[In the Foreign Legion]
Slam Bradley / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Mart Bailey (signed)
- Inks
- Mart Bailey (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- 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?
Flash Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Jay Garrick]
- Synopsis
- Illustrated promotional advertisement for Flash Comics #2.
He's Back with Us Again!! Superman
Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Batman -
1.
[no title indexed]
Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog -
2.
[The Case of the Ruby Idol]
The Batman -
3.
[Railroad Lingo]
Fantastic Facts -
4.
[no title indexed]
Flex-i-Track -
5.
[The Unknown Sub]
Spy -
6.
Branded Yellow
Buck Marshall, Range Detective -
7.
The Kidnapping Racket
Steve Malone, District Attorney -
8.
Mystery with Music
-
9.
Statement of Ownership
-
10.
[no title indexed]
The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co. -
11.
[no title indexed]
-
12.
The Voodoo Vengeance
Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator -
13.
[Strange Death of Doctor Dupre]
Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise -
14.
[Cuba Honors Tobacco]
Detective Stamp Page -
15.
["Cripes! I've been waitin' for that Spanky..."]
Spanky and Cranky -
16.
[no title indexed]
Built-Rite -
17.
[The White Goddess, Part 2]
Bruce Nelson -
18.
[In the Foreign Legion]
Slam Bradley -
19.
Right or Wrong?
Flash Comics -
20.
He's Back with Us Again!! Superman
Superman -
21.
[no title indexed]
Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Matthew Peets
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Adam Spector
- Jim Van Dore
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