Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1940-12-27
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (uncredited)
Cover Thumbnail for Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #48 Edit Cover
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[no title indexed]
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Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed)
Inks:
Colors:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprints (5)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed]
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Lancaster County Seeds / advertisement / 1 page

The Secret Cavern
(Table of Contents: 2)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed)
Inks:
Bob Kane (signed)
George Roussos (also backgrounds)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Lewis (singer, Henry's daughter); Henry Lewis surveyor); Renaldo (villain, club owner); Nick (villain); Blackie (villain)
Synopsis:
A man accidentally discovers a huge cave under the gold vaults of Fort Knox, and a group of crooks put that knowledge to use when they convince the man's daughter that she has killed a man, hoping to get him to reveal the cave's location.
Reprints (5)

Indexer Notes

Kane forgot to draw the chest bat symbol on Batman in every panel except the next to last one.

This story contains one of the earliest references to Gotham City. Another early reference to Gotham City appears in Batman #4, which went on sale within a few weeks of this story.

Coming at You!
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Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[Alien Smugglers]
(Table of Contents: 4)

Spy / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Ed Moore (signed)
Inks:
Ed Moore (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; spy
Characters:
Bart Regan; Gary; Rodriguez

Superman Krypto-Raygun
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Auto-Magic Picture Gun / Krypto-Raygun / Superman Krypto-Raygun / advertisement / 1 page

The Case of the Fugitive Killer!
(Table of Contents: 6)

Larry Steele / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery; crime
Characters:
Larry Steele

[no title indexed]
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Stamp Collectors' Corner / Stamp Detective / Detective Stamp Page / advertisement / 1 page

[Tightfist Baker]
(Table of Contents: 8)

Cliff Crosby / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Chad Grothkopf (signed as Chad)
Pencils:
Chad Grothkopf (signed as Chad)
Inks:
Chad Grothkopf (signed as Chad)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
Cliff Crosby; Kay Nevers; Blackbeard; Tightfist Baker (villain)
Synopsis:
Cliff solves his father's murder, inherits a newspaper and becomes a crusading publisher.

[no title indexed]
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Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page

[Featherton Appleby]
(Table of Contents: 10)

Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Speed Saunders

[Athualpa's Treasure]
(Table of Contents: 11)

Steve Malone / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Don Lynch (signed)
Inks:
Don Lynch (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Steve Malone
Synopsis:
Steve hunts for Incan treasure--in Maine.

G-Man's Revenge
(Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 1.28 pages

Script:
Tim Standish (credited) (house name)
Pencils:
Fred Ray (signed as Ray)
Inks:
Fred Ray (signed as Ray)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure

What Causes Epilepsy?
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Epilepsy Booklet / advertisement / 0.08 page

Super Strength Super Stamina Super Speed
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Chicago Weight Lifting Club / advertisement / 0.08 page

Superman Is on the Radio
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The Adventures of Superman Radio Show / advertisement / 0.5 page

[A Man Named Twist]
(Table of Contents: 16)

The Crimson Avenger / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Jack Lehti (signed)
Pencils:
Jack Lehti (signed)
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Twist

Indexer Notes

Inker credit by Craig Delich.

Here You Are, Fans!
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Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
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Adventure Comics; The Hourman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

[The Narwak Mines]
(Table of Contents: 19)

Slam Bradley / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; W. T. Ward

At the Top of the Field!
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Batman and Robin
  2. [no title indexed]
    Lancaster County Seeds
  3. The Secret Cavern
    Batman and Robin
  4. Coming at You!
    Batman
  5. [Alien Smugglers]
    Spy
  6. Superman Krypto-Raygun
    Auto-Magic Picture Gun / Krypto-Raygun / Superman Krypto-Raygun
  7. The Case of the Fugitive Killer!
    Larry Steele
  8. [no title indexed]
    Stamp Collectors' Corner / Stamp Detective / Detective Stamp Page
  9. [Tightfist Baker]
    Cliff Crosby
  10. [no title indexed]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
  11. [Featherton Appleby]
    Speed Saunders
  12. [Athualpa's Treasure]
    Steve Malone
  13. G-Man's Revenge
  14. What Causes Epilepsy?
    Epilepsy Booklet
  15. Super Strength Super Stamina Super Speed
    Chicago Weight Lifting Club
  16. Superman Is on the Radio
    The Adventures of Superman Radio Show
  17. [A Man Named Twist]
    The Crimson Avenger
  18. Here You Are, Fans!
    Superman
  19. ["What gives the Hourman..."]
    Adventure Comics; The Hourman
  20. [The Narwak Mines]
    Slam Bradley
  21. At the Top of the Field!
  22. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
  23. [no title indexed]
    Baby Ruth
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