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Detective Comics 6

DETECTIVE COMICS #6

Cover Date: August 1937
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1937-07-10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Creig Flessel (signed)


Story: "The Mystery of the Lost Ape" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtCreig Flessel
Associate editingVin Sullivan
EditingMalcolm Wheeler-Nicholson

Feature Character(s):

Speed Saunders

Villain(s):

Roskoffin (first appearance; transplants a human brain into an ape's body; both die)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Comment(s):

This story takes place in the summer.


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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):

Jaeger (first appearance; manager of a diamond mine; uses a bow and arrow to shoot them over the grounds wall)

Location(s):

Capetown, South Africa

Comment(s):

This story is in black and white.


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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

Supporting Character(s):

Shorty Morgan

Villain(s):

Don Pedro and his bandits (first appearance for all; kidnap a wealthy Mexican mine owner)

Location(s):

New York City, NY
Mexico

Comment(s):

Shorty is short enough to be taken for a 6th grader!


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