Detective Comics #8

(October 1937)

The River Patrol (Table of Contents: 1)

Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Creig Flessel ?

Pencils:

Creig Flessel

Inks:

Creig Flessel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Fred Dunn (introduction); the Skipper (introduction); Speed Saunders

Indexer Notes

Gardner Fox does not begin writing until issue 18.

The Law Wins (Table of Contents: 2)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

detective-mystery

[Mystery of the Wholesale Kidnappings: Part 4] (Table of Contents: 3)

Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Will Ely (signed)

Pencils:

Will Ely (signed)

Inks:

Will Ely (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Squinty (villain); Dutch; Dr. Sargoff (introduction); Sonia Sargoff (introduction, his wife); Larry Steele

[The Disappearance of Carl Huntley] (Table of Contents: 4)

Cosmo / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson ?

Pencils:

Sven Elven

Inks:

Sven Elven

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Carl Huntley (introduction); Cosmo

The Claws of the Red Dragon [Part 8] (Table of Contents: 5)

Bruce Nelson / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Pencils:

Tom Hickey

Inks:

Tom Hickey

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Lu Gong (villain); Chin Lung (villain); Bruce Nelson; Sigrid Von Holtzendorf; Von Holtzendorf

Indexer Notes

conclusion of serial

The Laughing Mummy (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Vin Sullivan [as Paul Dean]

Pencils:

Creig Flessel

Inks:

Creig Flessel

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

detective-mystery

["They've sent for Bloodhound Brown to work on the Smith case."] (Table of Contents: 7)

Bloodhound Brown / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Russell Alger Cole [as Alger]

Pencils:

Russell Alger Cole [as Alger]

Inks:

Russell Alger Cole [as Alger]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor; detective-mystery

[The Phony Pierre Blanc] (Table of Contents: 8)

Spy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Joe Shuster

Inks:

Joe Shuster

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure; detective-mystery

Characters:

Pierre Blanc (introduction); a killer (introduction, villain); Bart Reagan; Sally

Lucky Hunch (Table of Contents: 9)

Buck Marshall / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Homer Fleming

Pencils:

Homer Fleming

Inks:

Homer Fleming

Letters:

?

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Morgen (introduction, villain); Buck Marshall

The Hillbillies (Table of Contents: 10)

Slam Bradley / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Joe Shuster

Inks:

Joe Shuster

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Zeke (introduction, villain); Lem (introduction, villain); Lucy-Belle Willis (introduction); the Willises (introduction); the Tollivers (introduction); Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan

Indexer Notes

title from last issue blurb

Heigh Yo, Silver! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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