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DETECTIVE COMICS #17

Cover Date: July 1938
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1938-06-06

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Cover Credits:
Art: Creig Flessel


Story: "The Snake Death" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtFred Guardineer
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Speed Saunders

Villain(s):

Unnamed Spy (first appearance; kidnaps daughter of an inventor; dies)
Percy (first appearance; a large native working for the spy; uses snakes; dies)


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Second Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtSven Elven
LetteringSven Elven
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise

Villain(s):

Countess Varnoff De Mornay (first appearance; a spy who steals plans for a new explosive)

Comment(s):

This story is in black and white.


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Third Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJoe Shuster
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Slam Bradley

Supporting Character(s):

Shorty Morgan

Villain(s):

Ramon Gonzales (first appearance; a frustrated radio singer who kills his competition)

Other Character(s):

Sporty Morgan (first appearance; Shorty's twin brother from San Francisco)

Location(s):

Cleveland, OH


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