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Issue: Detective Comics #2
Publication Date: April 1937
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Issues: #2 of 883 Issues (1409 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/10/1937
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 16 (10 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color interior
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint; glossy
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Pages: 1
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First Line: -And if you like real good comic magazines...
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Pages: 0.67
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Skyscraper Death

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Pete Graves (death); Betty Graves; Tony (villain, introduction, death); Nick (villain, introduction); Tony and Nick's boss (villain, introduction)
First Line: Say! You're pretty good!
Synopsis: Following a fight between Slam and Pete Graves, Graves is shot and killed. Slam is arrested but is released. Meanwhile, Shorty hitches a ride on the rear of the suspect lawyer's car, and learns of a plot to terrorize steel workers into joining a crooked union. Graves's sister tries to shoot Slam, but he decides that running is the most sensible option. Shorty is taken to Jinx Tower, where he is thrown off a girder, but is rescued by Slam swinging past on a rope. Slam gets the lawyer to confess everything and gets kissed by Sally Graves as a reward.
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Pages: 13
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The Sage City Bank Holdup

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Genres: adventure, western
Character(s): Buck Marshall; Mr. Taft (villain, introduction); Black Pete (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The Sheriff asks Buck to investigate the blowing up of the dam which supplied water to the Circle B range. En route, Buck finds a dead body with $2,000 in cash. He rides into town to talk to the bank president, Taft, but is knocked out. Later, Taft tells him the town is run by the bully Red Jack. Buck once saved Red Jack's life and he now returns the favor by getting him out of town safely. Buck returns to town that evening and discovers that Taft is the actual crook. He and the sheriff place him and his cronies under arrest.
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Pages: 6
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The Disappearing Duck

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Genres: humorous, mystery
Character(s): Gumshoe Gus; Mr. Beekman
First Line: Hey, Gus! - Hurry over to the Beekman home...
Synopsis: Gus is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a pet duck from the Beekman home. Eventually he finds a letter from the duck (!) telling how she has fallen for screen idol Donald Duck and is heading for Hollywood.
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The Peruvian Mine Murders, Part 2

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Bret Lawton; Tom Bradley; Tanta; Pedro (introduction); Spider Malone (villain)
First Line: Bret Lawton, famous detective...
Synopsis: Bret is in South America at the request of his friend Tom Bradley, whose workers have been mysteriously dying. He uncovers the plot, orchestrated by American criminal Spider Malone, posing as an Inca chief.
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Room Fifteen

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Genres: humorous
First Line: Room, please...
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
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The Balinoff Case, Part 2

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Genres: adventure, espionage
Character(s): Bart Regan; Philip Marsden (introduction); Sally Norris; Olga Balinoff (villain); the Captain (villain, introduction)
First Line: Acting upon a hunch...
Synopsis: Regan steals a bronze statue from Olga Balinoff, hoping to find a clue to its meaning. He spurns his flame Sally Norris, and in a fit of pique she agrees to marry Philip Marsden. At the wedding she implores Regan with her eyes to stop the ceremony, but he ignores her.
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Disclose Notes: Feature formerly titled "Bart Regan, Spy".
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G-Man

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mail-Order Murphy
Character(s): Murphy
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The Narcotic Ring

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Mr. Chang
Character(s): Mr. Chang (introduction); Wu (introduction); Inspector Daniels (introduction); a narcotics ring (villains, introduction for all)
First Line: Another of our best men has been found murdered...
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The Olive Oil Counterfeiters

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Cosmo; Inspector Flint; Batini (villain, introduction); Tony Morini (villain, introduction)
First Line: Inspector Flint, we're getting complaints...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The story is printed in black and white.

Letterer credits by Craig Delich. Elvin's signature indicates only illustrations. Writing matches Wheeler-Nicholson's on Bruce Nelson.
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The Claws of the Red Dragon, Part 2

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Bruce Nelson; Erick von Holtzendorff; Sigrid von Holtzendorf; Sen Yoi; Lt. Casey; Joseph Stucci
Synopsis: Nelson is dragged off from the restaurant by a gang of Chinese and dumped outside of town. By the time he gets back, the entire restaurant has been cleaned out. His fellow diners have disappeared all together.
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Pages: 12
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Are you sure you were robbed?
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Disclose Notes: Letterer credit by Craig Delich.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Factory to You

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Feature(s): Remington Rand
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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