Detective Comics #37

(March 1940)

[The Screaming House] (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Bob Kane (signed); Jerry Robinson (backgrounds)

Inks:

Bob Kane (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jerry Robinson

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Joey (Death); Turg (villain); Count Grutt (villain; Death)

Synopsis:

While passing by an old house, the Batman hears screams and rushes in to save a man, who he soon discovers is a crook that has been double crossing his boss and who kills the thugs torturing him so there will be no witnesses. Later, the Caped Crusader learns from the dying Joey that his boss is a big time smuggler, and he takes immediate steps to solve that problem.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #237 (December 1971)
• in Lynvingen (Williams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #1/1975 ([januar] 1975)
• 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 added by Craig Delich 2-12-09.

none (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Facts / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Papp

Inks:

George Papp

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact

[The Ring of Death] (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 Regan

[Mutiny on the Sea Swan] (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

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 2-12-09.

[Laura Burlingame's been Kidnapped] (Table of Contents)

The Crimson Avenger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jim Chambers?

Pencils:

Harry Lucey?

Inks:

Harry Lucey?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis] (in hat and cloak), Wing; Laura Burlingame.

Indexer Notes

Last appearance was in Detective #29.

Murder by Sea (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Randall (signed)

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

crime

The Crime Roundup (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox (signed)

Pencils:

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Inks:

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Fred Guardineer

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Speed Saunders

[Miss Cooper is Kidnapped] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Lynch (signed)

Inks:

Don Lynch (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Steve Malone

[Judge Carson] (Table of Contents)

Cliff Crosby / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Chad Grothkopf

Pencils:

Chad Grothkopf

Inks:

Chad Grothkopf

Colors:

?

Letters:

Chad Grothkopf

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Cliff Crosby

none (Table of Contents)

Tiny / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

gag

Characters:

Tiny

[A Dynamite Gift] (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

Characters:

Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan.