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Detective Comics 4

DETECTIVE COMICS #4

Cover Date: June 1937
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1937-05-10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Creig Flessel


Story: "The Mystery of San Jose Island" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtCreig Flessel
Associate editingVin Sullivan
EditingMalcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Feature Character(s):

Speed Saunders

Villain(s):

Padre Desodo (first appearance; kills a friend of Speed's whose business was interfering with another large sugar plantation)

Location(s):

New York City, NY
San Jose' Island (first appearance; south of Cuba, a large sugar cane producer)


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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

Villain(s):

Hutchinson and his gang (first appearance for all; attempt to steal a large ruby)

Location(s):

Bombay, India


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Third Story: "The Hollywood Murders" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJoe Shuster
Associate editingVin Sullivan
EditingMalcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Feature Character(s):

Slam Bradley

Supporting Character(s):

Shorty Morgan

Villain(s):

Terril Desmond (first appearance; manager of a movie studio; kills president to cover up his malfeasance)

Location(s):

New York City, NY
Culver City, CA
Hollywood, CA


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