Detective Comics #39

(May 1940)

The Horde of the Green Dragon (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks:

Bob Kane (signed); Jerry Robinson (backgrounds)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jerry Robinson

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Julie Madison (cameo); Henry Crandall; John Cobb; Wong (Death); The Green Dragon (villains)

Synopsis:

The kidnapping of two millionaires and the murder (with a hatchet) of a chauffeur leads the Batman into Chinatown to battle the Green Dragon and their dealings in opium.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #1 ([June] 1990)
• in Continuum (JMF, 2007 series) #4 (No Date [circa 2008 Mars])

Indexer Notes

Strip titled in this issue as "The Sensation Adventures of the Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder." The last panel at the end of ther story touts the next villain for the Batman: Clayface! Notes, some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 2-13-09.

[The Chauffeur Spy] (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

[Cobra on the Loose] (Table of Contents)

Red Logan / comic story / 5.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ken Ernst

Inks:

Ken Ernst

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Red Logan

[Switch the Switch] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jack Lehti

Pencils:

Jack Lehti

Inks:

Jack Lehti

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing.

none (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

The Case of the Siva Statue (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox?

Pencils:

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Inks:

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Fred Guardineer

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Speed Saunders

[Morton Hijacking & Co.] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Lynch

Inks:

Don Lynch

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Steve Malone

[Larson's Boy Gets Kidnapped] (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

White Trap (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Whitney Ellsworth [signed as Fredric Wells]

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Indexer Notes

Writer's true name verified by Jerry Bails (Nov. 2005).

[The French Impersonation] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Dennis Neville (signed)

Inks:

Dennis Neville (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan.

Batman #1 (Table of Contents)

Batman / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks:

Bob Kane (signed); Jerry Robinson (backgrounds)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman; Robin

Indexer Notes

Full page promotional house ad, with cover, for Batman #1 (Spring, 1940).