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Issue: Detective Comics #18
Publication Date: August 1938
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Issues: #18 of 883 Issues (1409 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/06/1938
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Dr. Fu Manchu
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art previously credited to Leo O'Mealia. Changed per Scott Bonagofsky (April 19, 2007) based on his conversations with Creig Flessel.
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Socko!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): New Adventure Comics; More Fun Comics; Action Comics
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Hilton Diamond

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): John Hilton (introduction, dies); Jim Hilton; Donald Brent (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Donald Brent is also called Elias Brent, as if the writer couldn't remember his name from one page to the next.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Oscar the Gumshoe
Character(s): Oscar
First Line: Hmm! They're reported to be hiding around this locality!
Synopsis: Oscar mistakes a group of men in prison stripes for escaped convicts. In fact, they are heading for the Good Fellows Club Masquerade Ball
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Pages: 1
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Murder in Texas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Cosmo; Jem Hawkins; Sheriff Harvey
First Line: Cosmo, feeling the need of a vacation...
Synopsis: Cosmo takes a vacation out west and gets involved in a case when his friend Sheriff Harvey is accused of murder.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Maine Castle Mystery, Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Larry Steele, Private Detective
Character(s): Larry Steele; Bill Graham; Vera Sanders; The Boss (villain); his gang (villains)
First Line: Larry and Bill Graham, a Hollywood producer...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: story in black and white
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The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Character(s): Nayland Smith; Fu Manchu; Dr. Petrie
First Line: Put that back, old man...
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Reprint Notes: from Dr. Fu Manchu daily (Bell Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Adaptation of The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer.

The daily strip ran in newspapers in 1930 and 1931.
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Death's Ruby

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, espionage, mystery
Character(s): Bart Regan; Sally Norris; Captain Grimm (flashback); Akmet and two enemy spies (villains, one dies; introduction for all); Maharaja Kahoon (introduction)
First Line: Not having been given an assignment in weeks...
Synopsis: Bart proposes to Sally.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Golden Key

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Detective Tom Lawton; Henry Burroughs; Arnold Lansing (villain)
First Line: The phone at Tom Lawton's elbow rang loudly and...
Synopsis: Detective Lawton investigates the theft of a valuable painting.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Text story with two illustrations.
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The Coolie Smugglers, Part II

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Character(s): Bruce Nelson; Ungi, the big Zulu; Captain Carstairs (villain)
First Line: Nelson brought the plane to a stop out on the open veldt.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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The Lavalle Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Steve Malone (introduction); Gini Desalle (villain, introduction); Therese Lavalle; Officer Dugan
First Line: Steve Malone, brilliant young criminal lawyer...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story in black and white.

In an interview in Alter Ego #20 (June 2003), Fox states this was his first comic story, sold in March 1938.

Compare the art with the signed Steve Malone story in Adventure Comics #38 (May 1939).
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In the Stratosphere

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Shorty Morgan; Sgt. Gage; Prof. Barton (introduction); Prof. James; Miss James; Knife Morley (villain, introduction)
First Line: Slam and Shorty are taking a spin...
Synopsis: Slam and Shorty encounter a strange rocket shaped plane being flown by a girl. It turns out to be an invention that two scientists are fighting over.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: story title from next issue blurb in previous issue
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Detective Puzzles
First Line: Dick Sharp the clever G-Boy was able to...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside back cover
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Broadcast thru Your Radio Talk - Sing - Play

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ? (ad agency or client)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
First Line: Broadcast your voice on programs coming through your own radio...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover mail order ad from Johnson Smith and Company, Dept. 8N8, Detroit, Michigan.

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