Detective Comics
#140
(October 1948)
DC,
1937 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1948-08-23
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Superman DC Publication
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Riddler!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Introducing a sensational new adversary of the partners in peril - the prince of puzzles
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Riddler [Edward Nigma]
- Reprints
-
in Detective Comics (National Comics Publications of Canada Ltd, 1948 series) #140 ([circa November 1948]) -
in Batman: Featuring Two-Face and the Riddler (DC, 1995 series) ([August] 1995) - in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #7 (2007 [January 2008]), #7 (2007 [January 2008])
- in Batman: The TV Stories (DC, 2013 series) (2013 [March 2014])
- in Batman Arkham: The Riddler (DC, 2015 series) ([July] 2015)
-
in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #19 - Batman - Das lange Halloween 1 - in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #6 (2018 [February 2019])
- in Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman (DC, 2019 series) ([May] 2019)
- in Detective Comics 140 (Facsimile Edition) (DC, 2023 series) (December 2023)
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Kodak Film
Kodak / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Old sweet songs... and swell new snapshots!
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Riddler
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Calling all mystery fans!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; unnamed Mayor of Gotham City; Harrison Eagle (millionaire collector, introduction); The Riddler [Edward Nigma] (villain, origin, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Having grown up an expert and a cheat when it came to solving puzzles, Edward Nigma decides to use this capacity to mystify the Police and Batman...as the Riddler!
- Reprints
- in Batman from the 30s to the 70s (Crown Publishers, 1971 series) (1971)
-
in Batman Especial - As Várias Faces de Batman (Editora Abril, 1989 series) (outubro de 1989) [recolorida, traduzida] - in Batman: Featuring Two-Face and the Riddler (DC, 1995 series) ([August] 1995)
- in Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #7 (2007 [January 2008])
- in Batman: The TV Stories (DC, 2013 series) (2013 [March 2014])
- in Batman Arkham: The Riddler (DC, 2015 series) ([July] 2015)
- in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #19 - Batman - Das lange Halloween 1
- in Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2015 series) #6 (2018 [February 2019])
- in Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman (DC, 2019 series) ([May] 2019)
- in Detective Comics 140 (Facsimile Edition) (DC, 2023 series) (December 2023)
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- Keywords
- Basin Street Banquet; Batmobile; Batrope; Cross Cleaning Company; Departamento de Gotham City Police Department HQ; Gotham City; Gotham First Bank; Pleasure Pier; The Eyrie
Indexer Notes
Credits verified by Sprang and Paris per Craig Delich.
Johnny Mize
Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mize has "photo" eye at the plate-- seldom swings at a bad pitch.
- Characters
- Johnny Mize
Bit-o-Honey Races to the Rescue!
Meet a Bit-o-Honey / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Whee! Some speed!
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Teddy
Robotman's Double Trouble!
Robotman / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is how I deal with crooks-- my sledgehammer fist and my l-o-n-g reach!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]
- Reprints
- in Detective Comics 140 (Facsimile Edition) (DC, 2023 series) (December 2023)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn.
Cut-Out Model of "Daylight" Train
Kellogg's Variety / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Easy to cut! Easy to put together!
For Thrills! For Action!
Adventure Comics; Action Comics; Sensation Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Al Wenzel; Wayne Boring; Harry Peter ?
- Inks
- George Roussos ?; Stan Kaye; Harry Peter ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ask for these magazines at your favorite newsstand!
- Characters
- Superboy; Miss Davis; Superman; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
Indexer Notes
Promo with illutrations from the covers for Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #133 (by Wenzel & Roussos?), Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #125 (by Boring & Kaye), and Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #82 (by Peter?).
Dog for a Day!
Slam Bradley / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Very often it takes a dogcatcher to catch a dog, but here's a new twist--
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
- Reprints
- in Detective Comics 140 (Facsimile Edition) (DC, 2023 series) (December 2023)
-
Indexer Notes
Inker credit by Craig Delich; we previously credited John Daly.
Editorial Advisory Board
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The following magazines all bear this trademark as your guarantee of the best in comic reading:
[no title indexed]
Bendix Coaster Brake / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow! Look at Joe go on his new bike!
- Characters
- Joe
To the Moon and Back
text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Right this way, folks! Get your tickets for your ninety-eight hour trip to the Moon!
- Genre
- adventure
- Reprints
- in Detective Comics 140 (Facsimile Edition) (DC, 2023 series) (December 2023)
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Spalding Football Book
Spalding / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, fellows! Send for this exciting, new...
- Characters
- Ken Strong; Sammy Baugh; Don Hutson; Sid Luckman; Chet Gladchuk
[no title indexed]
Bazooka the Atom Bubble Boy / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's that big crowd watching?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Bazooka the Bubble Boy
The Dictator from Alcatraz!
The Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My name is Jumbo Miller... my business is any nifty racket.
- Genre
- adventure; war
- Characters
- The Boy Commandos [Rip Carter; Andre Chavard; Brooklyn [Dan Turpin]; Tex]
- Reprints
- in Detective Comics 140 (Facsimile Edition) (DC, 2023 series) (December 2023)
-
Scribbly
Scribbly / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Congratulations, Scribbly! Your first book was an all-out sell-out!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Scribbly Jibbet; Ma Jibbet; Red Rigley; Snoony Jibbet; O'Hara
Indexer Notes
Promo for Scribbly (DC, 1948 series) #2, with illustrations from the cover and from third story, page 10, panels 7-8.
How Much Do You Really Know About Baseball?
Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Since 1920, only 6 big-league sluggers have hit over .400 for one season. How many can you name?
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Thom McAn
And to Think They Used to Call Me Skinny!
Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Give me 15 minutes a day and I'll give you a new body
- Characters
- Charles Atlas
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Riddler!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
1.
Kodak Film
Kodak -
2.
The Riddler
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
3.
Johnny Mize
Wheaties -
4.
Bit-o-Honey Races to the Rescue!
Meet a Bit-o-Honey -
5.
Robotman's Double Trouble!
Robotman -
6.
Cut-Out Model of "Daylight" Train
Kellogg's Variety -
7.
For Thrills! For Action!
Adventure Comics; Action Comics; Sensation Comics -
8.
Dog for a Day!
Slam Bradley -
9.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
10.
["Wow! Look at Joe go on his new bike!"]
Bendix Coaster Brake -
11.
To the Moon and Back
-
12.
Spalding Football Book
Spalding -
13.
["What's that big crowd watching?"]
Bazooka the Atom Bubble Boy -
14.
The Dictator from Alcatraz!
The Boy Commandos -
15.
Scribbly
Scribbly -
16.
How Much Do You Really Know About Baseball?
Thom McAn -
17.
And to Think They Used to Call Me Skinny!
Charles Atlas -
18.
Hero on the Bench
Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Matthew Peets
- Antonio Pontes Junior
- Derek Reinhard
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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