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Issue: Detective Comics #20
Publication Date: October 1938
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Issues: #20 of 883 Issues (1380 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/07/1938
Volume: none
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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Genres: crime
Synopsis: A policeman punches a criminal.
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Pages: 1
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Don't Miss: The Masked Ranger

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): The Masked Ranger; More Fun Comics
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside front cover
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The Jade Buddha

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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Speed Saunders
Character(s): Speed Saunders; Mandarin Hapsu (introduction, villain); Ming Toy (introduction, death)
Synopsis: Two rival tongs fight over an ancient statue.
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Pages: 6
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French Colonials

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Stamp Collectors' Corner
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: page includes two small ads from stamps dealers
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Feature(s): The Crowell Publishing Co.
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Pages: 0.33
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The Island of Wanatoba, Part 2

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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Larry Steele, Private Detective
Character(s): Larry Steele; Delores; En Rico (dies, villain)
First Line: Larry and Delores...
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Pages: 6
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The Door of Death

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Genres: western
Feature(s): Buck Marshall, Range Detective
Character(s): Buck Marshall; Bogdan (intro, villain); Odell (dies)
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: story in black and white
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Saving Senator Barkly

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Spy
Character(s): Bart Regan; Sally; Senator Barkly (introduction); a gang of spies (introduction, villain); Wallace (villain)
First Line: Headquarters of the U.S. Spy Service...
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Pages: 8
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The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Part 4

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dr. Fu Manchu
Character(s): Dr. Fu Manchu; Sir Dennis Nayland Smith; Dr. Petrie
First Line: You remember the call in the lane...
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Reprint Notes: from Dr. Fu Manchu daily (Bell Syndicate)
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Adapted from The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer.

The strip originally appeared in newspapers in 1930 and 1931.
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Give and Take

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: crime
Character(s): Detective Bedford; Sir Charles Knight; Wen Tung (villain)
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Text story with one illustration.
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The Song of Death [Part 1]

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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Bruce Nelson
Character(s): Bruce Nelson; Mrs. Warren (intro, villain); Ned Renick; Kay Livingston; Kaye; Billie Bryson; Johnny Purvis; The Great Zambini
Synopsis: Renick is a show producer whose lead singer keeps dying.
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Pages: 6
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Block Buster

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Crimson Avenger
Character(s): The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis] (introduction); Wing (introduction); Myron Block (introduction, villain); Joe Marko (introduction, villain)
First Line: Feared by the Underworld...
Synopsis: Lee Travis, editor of the Globe Leader, dons a weird costume in order to track down a murderer.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: First chronological appearance and origin told in Secret Origins (DC, 1986 series) #5.
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Boat Race of Doom

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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise
Character(s): Cosmo; Jim Larrabee (intro, villain); Terry Croft; Jane Hallock; Ned Trumbull
First Line: The ballroom of the Royal Yacht Club...
Synopsis: Cosmo foils a plot to steal a speedboat in order to use it to smuggle drugs.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: story in black and white
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The Magician

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Pete Hanson (introduction, villain); Muscles (introduction, villain); Langley (introduction, villain); O'Brien (introduction, villain); Mysto (introduction, villain); Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
First Line: Since Slam Bradley has taken an interest in studying magic...
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Slam Bradley gains magical powers for this story only: teleportation, invisibility, telekinesis, etc.
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Here's Good News!

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside back cover
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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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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