Detective Comics #46

(December 1940)

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

Johnson Smith & Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Professor Strange's Fear Dust] (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; George Roussos

Colors

?

Letters

George Roussos

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Hugo Strange (villain); Carstairs (villain, racketeer); Carstair's gang (villains)

Synopsis

The Batman has to stop Professor Hugo Strange's evil plan to spray his "fear dust" all over America so that men in public office will be afraid of him, and that he can become Dictator of America!

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) #3 ([July] 2007)
• in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #1 (2015 [January 2016])
• in Batman: The Golden Age (DC, 2016 series) #2 ([April] 2017)

Keywords

belt radio; Fear Dust; Zorn's Candy Shop

Indexer Notes

Artist Kane failed to draw in Batman's chest bat in many panels.

Panel 1 on page 11 has a sign with Robinson's name on it.

Here They Come Again! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

For Superman Fans! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

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

Erector / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Goldfish] (Table of Contents: 6)

Spy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel ?

Pencils

Ed Moore (signed)

Inks

Ed Moore (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; spy

Characters

Bart Regan

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Case of the Circus Killer (Table of Contents: 8)

Larry Steele, Private Detective / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Irwin Hasen

Inks

Irwin Hasen

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Larry Steele

[The Ghost Plane] (Table of Contents: 9)

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] (in costume with cape)

[Joe Dekker and Hal Jensen] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Winiarski (signed as Fran Miller)

Inks

Ed Winiarski (signed as Fran Miller)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Speed Saunders

Not So Dummy (Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 1.33 pages (report information)

Script

Dale Conroy (credited)

Pencils

Fred Ray (credited as Ray)

Inks

Fred Ray (credited as Ray)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.67 page (report information)

[Bargain Deaths] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Silly Stuff / cartoon / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

He's been acting mighty suspicious lately!

Genre

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Lionel Trains / advertisement / 0.67 page (report information)

[The Wrecked Boat] (Table of Contents: 17)

Cliff Crosby / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Chad Grothkopf

Pencils

Chad Grothkopf

Inks

Chad Grothkopf

Colors

?

Letters

Chad Grothkopf

Genre

adventure

Characters

Cliff Crosby

Talk About Trains! (Table of Contents: 18)

cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

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

Flex-i-Track / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[Death and the Hockey Game] (Table of Contents: 20)

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

Here It Is -- Better Than Ever! (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

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

Be a Superman! Carry This Official Superman Krypto-Raygun (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

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