Detective Comics #41

(July 1940)

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

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

[The Masked Menace of the Boys' School] (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Bob Kane (signed)

Inks

Bob Kane (signed); Jerry Robinson (backgrounds)

Colors

?

Letters

Jerry Robinson

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ted Spencer (student at a boy's school); Principal Blake (Principal of a boy's school, death); Mr. Greer (former school teacher); Mr. Hodges (History teacher); escaped maniac (villain); Mr. Graves [aka The Masked Man] (villain, Art teacher)

Synopsis

The kidnapping of a youngster from a fashionable school for boys and the murder of its superintendent, leads the Batman to use Dick Grayson as a "new student" to get a lead in the case.

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) #2 ([November] 2006)
• 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

belt radio; Blakes School For Boys; Gotham City; New York World

Here It Is! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Attention! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Spy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Maurice Kashuba (signed)

Inks

Maurice Kashuba (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Bart Regan, ace American Secret Service agent...

Genre

adventure; spy

Characters

Bart Regan; Norman Novaney (villain)

[Bugsie Goran] (Table of Contents: 6)

Red Logan / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Winiarski (signed)

Inks

Ed Winiarski (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Red Logan; Ivan; Bugsie Goran (villain)

[Wanted for Murder] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Jack Lehti (signed)

Pencils

Jack Lehti (signed)

Inks

Jack Lehti (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Mac

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Popsicle / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

The Railroad Mystery (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Gardner Fox ?

Pencils

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Inks

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Fred Guardineer

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Speed Saunders

Theft at the Fair [Part 2] (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 1.08 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Indexer Notes

Continued from Detective Comics #40.

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Baby Ruth / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

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Model Airplane News / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[The Incan Murder] (Table of Contents: 14)

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; Atala Desta; Soames

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Morrow Coaster Brake / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Superman Is on the Radio! (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

The Adventures of Superman / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Detective Stamp Page / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script

Chad Grothkopf

Pencils

Chad Grothkopf

Inks

Chad Grothkopf

Colors

?

Letters

Chad Grothkopf

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Returning from his latest expedition...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Cliff Crosby; Inspector Doyle; Dr. Ellis

[The Heiress] (Table of Contents: 19)

Slam Bradley / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Howard Sherman (signed)

Inks

Howard Sherman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Howard Sherman

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Lucille Danvers; Mr. Clayton

The "Big Six" Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field! (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

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

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Remington Rand / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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