Detective Comics
#42
(August 1940)
DC,
1937 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-07-03
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Detective Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
A DC Publication
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (uncredited)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- 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)
-
- Keywords
- automatic pistols
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For thrills and adventure...
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Case of the Prophetic Pictures!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 13 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]; Commissioner James Gordon; Jim; Antal Ryder (an artist); Mikoff (an artist); Mr. Drake (socialite); Carmen Largo (opera singer, death); Mr. Vangild (death); Mr. Warren (death); Mr. Tavers; Mr. Bleek (Wiley's agent and manager); Mr. Wiley (villain, painting collector)
- Synopsis
- A business man heavily in debt buys up pictures of an artist at cheap prices, then tries to increase their value by murdering those pictured in the portraits.
- Reprints
- in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #441 (June-July 1974)
-
in Giant Batman Album (K. G. Murray, 1962 series) #29 ([1976] ?) -
in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #108 (1979) -
in Läderlappen (Semic, 1976 series) #4/1979 (Mars 1979) -
in Lynvingen (Semic, 1977 series) #4/1979 (uke 14 1979) - 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)
-
- Keywords
- slingshot
[Mighty Atoms]
Sports Close-Ups! / cartoon / 0.75 page
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Bitsy Grant; Tommy Bridges; Greg Rice
[The Missing Gas Mask]
Spy / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure; spy
- Characters
- Bart Regan; Ransom Hengel; Bulkley
[The Jewelry Robberies]
Red Logan, Ace Reporter / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ed Winiarski (signed)
- Inks
- Ed Winiarski (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Red Logan; Commissioner Ryan; Blackie Malone; Cecil Marlin
Eagle Eye
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Ray Cummings (credited as R. Emmet Pace)
- Pencils
- Jack Lehti
- Inks
- Jack Lehti
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
[The Girl in Red]
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]; Wing; Mac
[The Pyromaniac]
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
[Murder in the Seashore Inn]
Steve Malone, District Attorney / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Steve Malone
[no title indexed]
Goofo the Great / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Russell Cole
- Pencils
- Russell Cole (signed)
- Inks
- Russell Cole (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Russell Cole
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How do y' do!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Goofo
Indexer Notes
Artist's true name verified by Jerry Bails.
[An Ear in the Mail]
Cliff Crosby / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Cliff Crosby; Inspector Becker; Connie Becker
[The Gem Jewelry Company]
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; Officer Callahan
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
1.
["For thrills and adventure..."]
-
2.
The Case of the Prophetic Pictures!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
3.
Up! Up! Up!
Batman -
4.
[Mighty Atoms]
Sports Close-Ups! -
5.
[no title indexed]
Baby Ruth -
6.
[The Missing Gas Mask]
Spy -
7.
[The Jewelry Robberies]
Red Logan, Ace Reporter -
8.
Eagle Eye
-
9.
[The Girl in Red]
The Crimson Avenger -
10.
[The Pyromaniac]
Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator -
11.
[Murder in the Seashore Inn]
Steve Malone, District Attorney -
12.
["How do y' do!"]
Goofo the Great -
13.
[no title indexed]
Detective Stamp Page -
14.
[An Ear in the Mail]
Cliff Crosby -
15.
[The Gem Jewelry Company]
Slam Bradley -
16.
[no title indexed]
Mutt & Jeff -
17.
Superman Is on the Radio!
The Adventures of Superman -
18.
[no title indexed]
Johnson Smith & Co. -
19.
[no title indexed]
The Complete Works of Shakespeare
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- Katie
- 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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