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Detective Comics 1

DETECTIVE COMICS #1

Cover Date: March 1937
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1937-02-10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Vin Sullivan


Story: "The River Patrol" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCraig Flessel
ArtCraig Flessel
LetteringCraig Flessel?
Associate editingVin Sullivan
EditingMalcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Feature Character(s):

Speed Saunders (Cyril Saunders; first appearance; a Harbor Patrol detective)

Supporting Character(s):

Moran (first appearance; Speed's superior)

Villain(s):

Human smugglers (first appearance for all; smuggle Chinese into the country for labor and dump dead ones into the harbor)

Comment(s):

This story takes several weeks.

Story Reprinted in:

Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 1 (January 2001)


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Second Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMalcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
ArtSven Elven
LetteringSven Elven
Associate editingVin Sullivan
EditingMalcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Feature Character(s):

Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise (Cosmo; first appearance; a master of disguises)

Villain(s):

Taro (first appearance; a clever jewel thief; uses disguises to infiltrate the Dillworth estate)

Story Reprinted in:

Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 1 (January 2001)


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Third Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJoe Shuster
Associate editingVin Sullivan
EditingMalcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Feature Character(s):

Slam Bradley (first appearance; a freelance detective)

Supporting Character(s):

Shorty Morgan (first appearance; a would-be detective; joins up with Slam)

Villain(s):

Fui Onyui (first appearance; a Chinese Tong leader)

Location(s):

Chinatown

Story Reprinted in:

Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 1 (January 2001)


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