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Detective Comics 41

DETECTIVE COMICS #41

Cover Date: July 1940
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1940-06-07

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Cover Credits:
Art: Bob Kane (signed)
Inks: Jerry Robinson


Story: [No Title] (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
PencilsBob Kane
InksJerry Robinson
LetteringJerry Robinson
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Supporting Character(s):

Robin (goes undercover at a boys school)

Villain(s):

Masked Man (Graves first appearance; a instructor at a Boys School; dies)
An escaped inmate from an asylumn (first appearance)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Story Reprinted in:

Batman Archives #1 (1990)
The Batman Chronicles #2 (2006)
Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2015)
Batman: The Golden Age #1 (2016)


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Second Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Lehti
ArtJack Lehti
LetteringJack Lehti
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Crimson Avenger

Supporting Character(s):

Mac
Wing (next in issue #44/2)

Villain(s):

Chinese tong and smugglers (first appearance for all)


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Third Story: "Railroad Mystery" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtFred Guardineer
LetteringFred Guardineer
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Speed Saunders

Location(s):

Jackson (near Chicago)


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Fourth Story: [No title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtHoward Sherman
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Slam Bradley

Supporting Character(s):

Shorty Morgan

Villain(s):

Clayton (first appearance; attempts to get an heiress to make him her attorney)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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