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Issue: Detective Comics #10
Publication Date: December 1937
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Issues: #10 of 883 Issues (1409 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/10/1937
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (9 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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Speed Saunders
Character(s): Speed Saunders
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Pages: 1
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Feature(s): More Fun Comics; Adventure Comics; Detective Comics
Character(s): Spike Spalding; Hanko the Cowhand; Cosmo; Little Linda; Ol' Oz Bopp; Ian Murray; Chikko Chakko
First Line: All your friends in More Fun Comics, Adventure Comics, Detective Comics wish you a very merry Xmas
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. The text is surrounded by artwork repurposed from multiple issues. Clockwise from top left are:
- Spike Spalding from page 1 panel 3 of the Spike Spalding story in More Fun Comics #27.
- Hanko from the feature header used on page 1 of the Hanko the Cowhand story in More Fun Comics #24.
- Cosmo from the feature header first used on page 1 of the Cosmo the Phantom of Disguise in Detective Comics #1.
- Linda from page 2 panel 5 of the Little Linda story in More Fun Comics #23.
- Oz Bopp from page 2 panel 3 of the Ol’ Oz Bopp story in New Adventure Comics #15.
- Ian Murray from page 3 panel 1 of the Golden Dragon story in New Adventure Comics #20.
- Chikko Chakko from page 1 panel 3 of the Chikko Chakko story in New Adventure Comics #20.
- Sandy Kean from page 1 panel 2 of the Radio Squad in More Fun Comics #24.

The text refers to New Adventure Comics as just "Adventure Comics,” but the title did not drop the "New” until issue #32, almost a year later.
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Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Mystery at Oak Gables

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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Speed Saunders
Character(s): "Speed" Cyril Saunders; Mrs. Saunders (introduction, Speed's mother); Madge Allen; Sak-Ri-Ko; Arthur Harde (introduction, villain); Monroe (introduction, villain)
First Line: This is a thrilling mystery story....
Synopsis: Speed helps Madge Allen thwart a plot to cheat her out of her inheritance.
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Pages: 6
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: crime, non-fiction
Feature(s): The Law Wins
First Line: Most American cities today are policed by radio-cars...
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Pages: 0.67
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The Nick Orsatti Case, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Larry Steele, Private Detective
Character(s): Larry Steele; Laura Wilkes (introduction); James Wilkes (introduction); Nick Orsatti (introduction, villain)
First Line: A month has elapsed...
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Pages: 6
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Curse of the Indian Mummy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Feature(s): Cosmo, The Phantom of Disguise
Character(s): Cosmo; Prof. Dean (introduction); a Hindu priest (introduction, villain, death)
First Line: Cosmo accompanies his friend...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: In a long and exhaustive article on Elvin (real name Herbert Swen Frederick Frykholm) published in Alter Ego #162 (January 2020), Michael D. Fraley states that Elvin lettered all the work he did for National.
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The Blood of the Lotus [Part 2]

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Genres: adventure, mystery
Feature(s): Bruce Nelson
Character(s): Bruce Nelson; Dr. Hong (introduction, villain, death); Slug Cully; the Lotus; Philip Pomeroy
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Pages: 12
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Green Death

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Sir Burton Roberts; Jenkins (butler); Inspector King
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Pages: 6
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Handcuff Hawkins

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Handcuff Hawkins
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Pages: 4
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To Sink the Atlantis

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, espionage
Feature(s): Spy
Character(s): Bart Regan; Sally; an anarchist (villain, introduction)
First Line: Room 2048...U.S. Spy Headquarters...
Synopsis: Bart and Sally are assigned to protect the steamship Atlantis. Sally pretends to be an anarchist in order to smoke the terrorist into the open.
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Pages: 4
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Trail of Yellow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure, western
Feature(s): Buck Marshall, Range Detective
Character(s): Buck Marshall; The Sheriff; Cross (introduction, villain)
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Pages: 6
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In the Ring

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Genres: adventure, mystery
Feature(s): Slam Bradley
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Snoop; Danny Blake (introduction, death); Nick Cardoni (introduction, villain); Manny O'Day (introduction, villain)
First Line: Say! You can sure toss a neat right!
Synopsis: Slam's new friend Danny dies in a boxing ring. Slam investigates Nick Cardoni for murder.
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Pages: 12.78
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Lionel Trains
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Pages: 0.22
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George Barrett, Kentucky Killer

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: crime, non-fiction
Feature(s): The Law at Work
Character(s): George Barrett
First Line: Barrett was born and brought up in the hills of Kentucky...
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: back cover

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