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Detective Comics 32

DETECTIVE COMICS #32

Cover Date: October 1939
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1939-08-30

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Cover Credits:
Art: Fred Guardineer (signed)


Story: [No Title] (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtBob Kane, Sheldon Moldoff
LetteringSheldon Moldoff
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Batman (uses a gun with silver bullets to kill the vampires; next in issue #34)

Supporting Character(s):

Julie Madison

Villain(s):

Monk (dies)
Dala (first appearance; woman working with The Monk; revealed to be a vampire)

Location(s):

Hungaria

Comment(s):

This story continues from last issue.

Story Reprinted in:

100-Page Super-Spectacular #DC-14 (February 1973)
The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (1988)
Batman Archives #1 (1990)
The Batman Chronicles #1 (2005)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2015)
Batman: The Golden Age #1 (2016)


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Second Story: "The Skull-Face Cult" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtFred Guardineer
LetteringFred Guardineer
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Speed Saunders

Villain(s):

Skull-Face (first appearance; kills young women by making them beautiful with an elixir that later causes death; dies)
Sam (first appearance; a cave-man working for Skull-Face)

Location(s):

Maine

Comment(s):

This story takes place over a week.


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Third Story: [No title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtSven Elven
LetteringSven Elven
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Cosmo

Villain(s):

Dorgan Gang (first appearance for all; uses "ice bullets" to kill the Governor and the City Attorney)

Comment(s):

This story is in full color.
This story takes place in early September.


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Fourth Story: [No title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJoe Shuster
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Slam Bradley

Supporting Character(s):

Shorty Morgan

Villain(s):

Cyril Painter (first appearance; pulls an elaborate practical joke on Slam and Shorty)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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