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Issue: Detective Comics #15
Publication Date: May 1938
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Issues: #15 of 883 Issues (1409 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/10/1938
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 14 (11 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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Brand New!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Action Comics
Character(s): Superman
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover.

Announces Action Comics #1. "You'll miss the treat of a lifetime if you fail to buy a copy!"
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The Mystery of the Darby Pearls

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Feature(s): Speed Saunders
Character(s): Lord Eton; Doris Dane; Malcolm Dane; Dick Dane; Speed Saunders
First Line: To-day the "Calvon" sailed from Liverpool...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: We formerly credited the script of this story to Gardner Fox, but in an interview in Alter Ego #20 (June 2003), he stated that his first comic story, sold in March 1938, appeared in Detective Comics #18.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Oscar the Gumshoe
Character(s): Oscar Zilch
First Line: Hmm! After close observation I arrive at the elementary conclusion...
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Pages: 1
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Heels and Toes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, western
Feature(s): Buck Marshall, Range Detective
Character(s): Bill Owens; Buck Marshall
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Pages: 6
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The Plot to Kill Larry Steele, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Feature(s): Larry Steele, Private Detective
Character(s): Snow; Larry Steele
First Line: I tell ya'! It's the only thing to do!
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Pages: 6
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Too Many Crooks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Feature(s): Bruce Nelson
Character(s): Caulkins; Strafacchi; Bruce Nelson
First Line: Your methods are a bit clumsy, Mr. Nelson.
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Pages: 12
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Lightning Strikes Once

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Tom Braddock; Captain Brady; Loco Pedro
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: We formerly credited the script of this story to Gardner Fox, but in an interview in Alter Ego #20 (June 2003), he stated that his first comic story, sold in March 1938, appeared in Detective Comics #18.
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Mr. Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, espionage
Feature(s): Spy
Character(s): Mr. Death; Bart Regan; Sally Norris
First Line: Sally and Bart have just received the toughest assignment of their career!
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): "Bring 'Em In" Brannigan
Character(s): "Bring 'Em In" Brannigan; McMonnies
First Line: Guess I'll take a vacation!
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Pages: 8
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The Plane Crash Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise
Character(s): Pierce; Doris Bay; Cosmo
First Line: Doris Bay, alone and in need...
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Pages: 6
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The Lady-Killer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Feature(s): Slam Bradley
Character(s): Chester Glass; Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
First Line: Hurry! Someone's in trouble!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: story title from next issue blurb in previous issue
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Ruth Harkness: Her Adventures in the Far East

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Ruth Harkness
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside back cover
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: back cover

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