Detective Comics #12

(February 1938)

News! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

More Fun Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 0.33 page (report information)

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typeset

Indexer Notes

inside front cover

[The Indian Oil Well Mystery] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Creig Flessel ?

Pencils

Creig Flessel (credited)

Inks

Creig Flessel (credited)

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A dust-covered roadster...

Genre

adventure; detective-mystery

Characters

Speed Saunders; Objaw-wa Indians (villains)

Indexer Notes

We formerly credited the script of this story to Gardner Fox, but in an interview in Alter Ego #20 (June 2003), he stated that his first comic story, sold in March 1938, appeared in Detective Comics #18.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

The Crowell Publishing Co. / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

cartoon / 0.33 page (report information)

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The men of the F.B.I. (Federal Bureau of Investigation)...

Genre

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Publisher: Detective Comics Inc
432 Fourth Ave
New York, NY
Editor Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Business Manager J. S. Liebowitz 114 E 47th St, New York , NY
Owners: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, J.S. Liebowitz

[The Nick Orsatti Case, Part 3] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely)

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Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely)

Inks

Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely)

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Larry makes a nocturnal inspection...

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Larry Steele; Nick Orsatti (villain)

[The Jenks Kidnapping Case, Part 1] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Bill Ely

Pencils

Bill Ely

Inks

Bill Ely

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A week later, Larry is discharged from his sick bed...

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Larry Steele; Nancy Jenks (introduction); Mr. Jenks; a gang of kidnappers (villains)

Murder in the Clouds [Part 1] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Pencils

Tom Hickey (credited) (signed as TH)

Inks

Tom Hickey (credited) (signed as TH)

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A huge, low-winged monoplane...

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Bruce Nelson; Harry Ward (villain, introduction); Clifford (villain, introduction)

Counterfeit (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Vin Sullivan (credited as Vincent Sullivan)

Pencils

Creig Flessel (signed as CF)

Inks

Creig Flessel (signed as CF)

Colors

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Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure; detective-mystery

The Adams Case (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Russell Cole

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Russell Cole

Inks

Russell Cole

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[Assassins in the Rue Molin] (Table of Contents: 12)

Spy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited as Siegel)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (credited as Shuster)

Inks

Joe Shuster (credited as Shuster)

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Upon their first day in Paris...

Genre

adventure; spy

Characters

Rene D'Arnot (introduction, villain, death); Bart Regan; Sally Norris; unnamed spies (introduction, villain)

Synopsis

Rene D'Arnot is killed by Bart Regan.

[The Sabotaged Newspaper] (Table of Contents: 13)

Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Sven Elven (credited)

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Sven Elven (credited)

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Sven Elven

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They seem to stand better than a fair chance...

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Cosmo; Coronel (introduction); Col. Jefferson Towne (introduction); Henry Braddock (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

[The Lumberjacks] (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited as Jerome Siegel)

Pencils

Joe Shuster (credited as Shuster)

Inks

Joe Shuster (credited as Shuster)

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Look out, Shorty...

Genre

adventure; detective-mystery

Characters

Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Pierre (introduction); Niles Hogarth (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Story title taken from next issue blurb in previous issue.

Floyd Stimson Official Parachute Tester (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bill Ely (signed as Ely)

Pencils

Bill Ely (signed as Ely)

Inks

Bill Ely (signed as Ely)

Letters

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Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Floyd Stimson

Indexer Notes

inside back cover

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

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