Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1940-07-03
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (uncredited)
Cover Thumbnail for Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #42 Edit Cover
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[no title indexed]
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Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed)
Inks:
Bob Kane (signed)
Colors:
?
    Genre:superhero
Characters:
Reprints (5)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed]
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Action Comics; Adventure Comics; All-American Comics; All-Star Comics; Batman; Detective Comics; Flash Comics; More Fun Comics; Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

The Case of the Prophetic Pictures!
(Table of Contents: 2)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed)
Inks:
Bob Kane (signed)
Jerry Robinson (backgrounds)
Colors:
?
Letters:
    Genre:superhero
Characters:
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 (10)

Up! Up! Up!
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Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[Mighty Atoms]
(Table of Contents: 4)

Sports Close-Ups! / cartoon / 0.75 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
    Genre:sports; non-fiction
Characters:
Bitsy Grant; Tommy Bridges; Greg Rice

[no title indexed]
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Baby Ruth / advertisement / 0.25 page

[The Missing Gas Mask]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Spy / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
    Genre:adventure; spy; detective-mystery
Characters:
Ransom Hengel; Bulkley

[The Jewelry Robberies]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Red Logan / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ed Winiarski (credited as Win)
Inks:
Ed Winiarski (credited as Win)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
    Genre:adventure
Characters:
Commissioner Ryan; Blackie Malone; Cecil Marlin

Indexer Notes

Red Logan, Ace Reporter

Eagle Eye
(Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 1.45 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
    Genre:adventure

Is Epilepsy Inherited? What Causes It?
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Epilepsy Booklet / advertisement / 0.1 page

The Sandman in every issue of Adventure Comics!
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Sandman; Adventure Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.05 page

Boys! Girls! Learn Touch-Typing in One Day
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Tuchrite Touch-Typing Course / advertisement / 0.15 page

Announcing the Sensational 1000-Shot Red Ryder Carbine
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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 0.25 page

[The Girl in Red]
(Table of Contents: 13)

The Crimson Avenger / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Jack Lehti (credited)
Pencils:
Jack Lehti (credited)
Inks:
Jack Lehti (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
    Genre:superhero

[The Pyromaniac]
(Table of Contents: 14)

Speed Saunders / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Inks:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
    Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:

[Murder in the Seashore Inn]
(Table of Contents: 15)

Steve Malone / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Don Lynch (credited)
Inks:
Don Lynch (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
    Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:

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

Goofo the Great / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Russell Cole (credited as Alger)
Pencils:
Russell Cole (credited as Alger)
Inks:
Russell Cole (credited as Alger)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Russell Cole (credited as Alger)
    Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:How do y' do!
Characters:
Goofo

Indexer Notes

Artist's true name verified by Jerry Bails.

[no title indexed]
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Stamp Collectors' Corner / Stamp Detective / Detective Stamp Page / advertisement / 0.15 page

Detective Stamp Page
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Abell Stamps; Arnold Stamps; Aztec Stamps; Baer Stamps; Beaman Stamps / Beamann Stamps; Belmont Stamps; Brownie Stamps; Cochecos Stamps; Crowder Stamps; Dolin Stamps; Dominion Stamps; Eureka Stamps; Gray Stamps; Lake Stamps; Monumental Stamps; Mortimer Ellis Stamps; Official Stamps; Pilgrim Stamps / Pilgrims Stamps; Potomac Stamps; Roberts Stamps; Seminole Stamps; Tatham Stamps and Coins; United American Stamps; Williams Stamps; Wright Stamps / advertisement / 0.85 page

[An Ear in the Mail]
(Table of Contents: 19)

Cliff Crosby / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
    Genre:adventure
Characters:
Inspector Becker; Connie Becker

[The Gem Jewelry Company]
(Table of Contents: 20)

Slam Bradley / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils:
Howard Sherman (credited)
Inks:
Howard Sherman (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
    Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Officer Callahan

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Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

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

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

A Sensation Offer to Readers of Adventure Comics
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Book Coupon Exchange Giant Library / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Batman and Robin
  2. ["For thrills and adventure..."]
    Action Comics; Adventure Comics; All-American Comics; All-Star Comics; Batman; Detective Comics; Flash Comics; More Fun Comics; Superman
  3. The Case of the Prophetic Pictures!
    Batman and Robin
  4. Up! Up! Up!
    Batman
  5. [Mighty Atoms]
    Sports Close-Ups!
  6. ["When were buttons first used?"]
    Baby Ruth
  7. [The Missing Gas Mask]
    Spy
  8. [The Jewelry Robberies]
    Red Logan
  9. Eagle Eye
  10. Is Epilepsy Inherited? What Causes It?
    Epilepsy Booklet
  11. The Sandman in every issue of Adventure Comics!
    Sandman; Adventure Comics
  12. Boys! Girls! Learn Touch-Typing in One Day
    Tuchrite Touch-Typing Course
  13. Announcing the Sensational 1000-Shot Red Ryder Carbine
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
  14. [The Girl in Red]
    The Crimson Avenger
  15. [The Pyromaniac]
    Speed Saunders
  16. [Murder in the Seashore Inn]
    Steve Malone
  17. ["How do y' do!"]
    Goofo the Great
  18. [no title indexed]
    Stamp Collectors' Corner / Stamp Detective / Detective Stamp Page
  19. Detective Stamp Page
    Abell Stamps; Arnold Stamps; Aztec Stamps; Baer Stamps; Beaman Stamps / Beamann Stamps; Belmont Stamps; Brownie Stamps; Cochecos Stamps; Crowder Stamps; Dolin Stamps; Dominion Stamps; Eureka Stamps; Gray Stamps; Lake Stamps; Monumental Stamps; Mortimer Ellis Stamps; Official Stamps; Pilgrim Stamps / Pilgrims Stamps; Potomac Stamps; Roberts Stamps; Seminole Stamps; Tatham Stamps and Coins; United American Stamps; Williams Stamps; Wright Stamps
  20. [An Ear in the Mail]
    Cliff Crosby
  21. [The Gem Jewelry Company]
    Slam Bradley
  22. ["Boys and girls! If you like Mutt & Jeff..."]
    Mutt and Jeff / Mutt & Jeff
  23. Superman Is on the Radio!
    The Adventures of Superman Radio Show
  24. [no title indexed]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
  25. A Sensation Offer to Readers of Adventure Comics
    Book Coupon Exchange Giant Library
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