Detective Comics #37

(March 1940)

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

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

[The Screaming House] (Table of Contents: 2)

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]; Joey (death); Al (villain, grocery store owner); Elias Turg [aka "The Head"; also as Count Grutt] (villain, death); Carl (villain)

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

• in O Lobinho (2ª Série) (Grande Consórcio Suplementos Nacionais, 1940 series) #16 (1 Agosto 1941)
• in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #237 (December 1971)
• in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #58 (1975)
• in Lynvingen (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #1/1975 ([januar] 1975)
• in Läderlappen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #1/1975 ([9 januari] 1975)
• 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 War Years 1939-1945 (Chartwell Books, 2015 series) (2015)
• 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

infra-red goggles

Indexer Notes

The last, illustrated panel, displays a promo for Batman's next adventure against huge, terrifying, man-monsters...a story which appeared in Batman #1 when Robin was introduced in the next issue of Detective.

[Ordered to March Across the Ocean] (Table of Contents: 3)

Fantastic Facts / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Papp

Pencils

George Papp (signed)

Inks

George Papp (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

George Papp

Genre

non-fiction

[The Ring of Death] (Table of Contents: 4)

Spy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Maurice Kashuba (signed)

Inks

Maurice Kashuba (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; spy; detective-mystery

Characters

Bart Regan

Keywords

The Daily Star

[Mutiny on the Sea Swan] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich.

[Laura Burlingame's Been Kidnapped] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Jim Chambers ?

Pencils

Harry Lucey ?

Inks

Harry Lucey ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

Keywords

Globe Leader; Scarchester

Indexer Notes

Last story was in Detective Comics #29; appeared as the cover (only) feature of #34.

Murder at Sea (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

John Randall (credited) (house name)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

crime

Indexer Notes

Over two pages.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

A Bike for You (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Crowell / Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Magazines / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

The Crime Roundup (Table of Contents: 11)

Speed Saunders / 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

Keywords

Hogan Bar

[Miss Cooper Is Kidnapped] (Table of Contents: 12)

Steve Malone / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Don Lynch (signed)

Inks

Don Lynch (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Steve Malone

[Judge Carson] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

Chad Grothkopf

Pencils

Chad Grothkopf

Inks

Chad Grothkopf

Colors

?

Letters

Chad Grothkopf

Genre

adventure

Characters

Cliff Crosby

Keywords

Florida; octopuses

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Tiny / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Don't look so innocent...

Genre

humor

Characters

Tiny

Keywords

Acme Art Studio

[Small Decisions] (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Page includes many small ads from stamps dealers.

[A Dynamite Gift] (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Keywords

Belmont Racetrack; Kentucky Derby

Six Big Headline Features for the "Big Six" Comic Magazines! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 1 page (report information)