Detective Comics
#40
(June 1940)
DC,
1937 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-05-03
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Detective Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
A DC Publication
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (uncredited)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 457915.
[no title indexed]
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Clayface [Basil Karlo]
- 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)
- in Batman Arkham: Clayface (DC, 2017 series) ([October] 2017)
-
- Keywords
- flag poles; hatchets
[The Murders of Clayface]
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages
- 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]; Julie Madison; Kenneth Todd [as "The Terror"] (movie star); Mr. Bentley (movie director); Ned Norton (former movie actor); Lorna Dane (movie star, death); Fred Walker (Lorna's old sweetheart, death); Clayface [Basil Karlo] (villain, introduction); Roxy Brenner (villain)
- Synopsis
- Learning that Julie has become a movie actress, Bruce and Dick head over to the studio to meet with her. However, a series of events leads Bruce to believe something bad is going to happen, which it does, and the Batman must lend a hand to stop a killer known as Clayface.
- Reprints
- in Batman from the 30s to the 70s (Crown Publishers, 1971 series) (1971)
- 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)
- in Batman Arkham: Clayface (DC, 2017 series) ([October] 2017)
-
- Keywords
- Argus Motion Picture Company
[The Forgarian Ball]
Spy / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel ?
- Pencils
- Maurice Kashuba (signed)
- Inks
- Maurice Kashuba (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; spy
- Characters
- Bart Regan; Burdini
[The Mysterious Rays]
The Crimson Avenger / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Jack Lehti (signed)
- Pencils
- Jack Lehti (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Lehti (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis] (in hat and cape); Wing; Mac
The Jewel Robbers
Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator / comic story / 6 pages
- 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
text story / 1.2 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
Indexer Notes
Story continues in Detective Comics #41.
[The Prodigy]
Steve Malone, District Attorney / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Steve Malone; Fuhlra
[New Air Mails]
Detective Stamp Page / text article / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Page includes many small ads from stamps dealers.
[The New Plane]
Cliff Crosby / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Cliff Crosby; Bridgeman; Les Sharron
[The Murder of Slugger Carmen]
Slam Bradley / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Howard Sherman (signed)
- Inks
- Howard Sherman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Howard Sherman
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Luigi Barrati; Carlo Pimento
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
1.
[no title indexed]
The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co. -
2.
[The Murders of Clayface]
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
3.
Here It Is!
Batman -
4.
[The Forgarian Ball]
Spy -
5.
An American Reporter in London
Red Logan -
6.
[The Mysterious Rays]
The Crimson Avenger -
7.
[no title indexed]
Popsicle -
8.
The Jewel Robbers
Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator -
9.
Theft at the Fair
-
10.
[no title indexed]
-
11.
[The Prodigy]
Steve Malone, District Attorney -
12.
[no title indexed]
Superman -
13.
Superman Is on the Radio!
The Adventures of Superman -
14.
[no title indexed]
Junior Sales Club -
15.
[New Air Mails]
Detective Stamp Page -
16.
[The New Plane]
Cliff Crosby -
17.
[The Murder of Slugger Carmen]
Slam Bradley -
18.
The "Big Six" Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field!
-
19.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles -
20.
[no title indexed]
Spencer Fireworks Co.
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- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Matthew Peets
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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