Detective Comics #36

(February 1940)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Professor Hugo Strange] (Table of Contents: 3)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Bob Kane (signed); Jerry Robinson (backgrounds)

Inks

Bob Kane (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Jerry Robinson

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; John Davis (G-Man, death); Henry Jenkins (electrical engineer); Clancy (Policeman); Professor Hugo Strange (villain, introduction); Strange's gang (villains)

Synopsis

After he witnesses the death of a G-Man and obtaining a clue as to the perpetrator, Hugo Strange, the Batman has to battle a deadly fog created by Strange that he uses to commit crimes.

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 DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #34 - Batman - Im Zeichen des Jokers
• 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 Batman Arkham: Hugo Strange (DC, 2018 series) ([June] 2018)

Keywords

Daily Globe; gas pellet; Sterling Silver Company; Wolf Brothers Fur Company

Indexer Notes

Batman fires a gun in the story.

Stamps for Census Taking (Table of Contents: 4)

Detective Stamp Page / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Page includes many ads from stamps dealers.

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Wilson Chem. Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[The Rantor] (Table of Contents: 6)

Spy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Maurice Kashuba (signed)

Inks

Maurice Kashuba (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; spy

Characters

Bart Regan; the Hunchback (villain)

Claim of Satan (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Homer Fleming (signed)

Inks

Homer Fleming (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Buck Marshall

[Rocky Roman] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Don Lynch (signed)

Inks

Don Lynch (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Steve Malone; Hawkey; Rocky Roman

The "Spider" (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Gardner Fox (signed)

Pencils

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Inks

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Fred Guardineer

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Speed Saunders; The Spider (villain)

[The Purple Mesa] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

Sven Elven ?

Pencils

Sven Elven (signed)

Inks

Sven Elven (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Cosmo; Ethel Ridgewood; Jim Lawson

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich.

A Climax in Opera (Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Martin (credited)

Pencils

Bernard Baily

Inks

Bernard Baily

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

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advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[A Weekend Party at the Mountain Lodge] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

Tom Hickey (signed)

Pencils

Tom Hickey (signed)

Inks

Tom Hickey (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Bruce Nelson; Keith Lord; Ted Grayson

[The Lan Chee Tong] (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Mart Bailey (signed)

Inks

Mart Bailey (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Ken Fu

Six Big Headline Features for the "Big Six" Comic Magazines! (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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

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Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Home Recording Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)