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Issue: Detective Comics #21
Publication Date: November 1938
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Issues: #21 of 883 Issues (1409 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/03/1938
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (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
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Synopsis: A policeman is shot.
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Pages: 1
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Anchors Aweigh

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Anchors Aweigh; Adventure Comics
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Glass of Poison

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Speed Saunders
Character(s): Phillippa Rowen (introduction, death); Betty Palmer (introduction); Big Shot Bettini (villain); Speed Saunders
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Speed is shown reading DETECTIVE COMICS!
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A Comparison Microscope

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, non-fiction
Feature(s): Crime Never Pays
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.75
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Crowell Publishing Co.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
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The Accident Racket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Larry Steele, Private Detective
Character(s): Larry Steele; Tom Hayworth (introduction, villain); Dr. Avery (introduction, villain); Colby (introduction, villain)
First Line: Hmm --- Sounds like someone at the door...
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Pages: 6
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Bullet Trap

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, western
Feature(s): Buck Marshall
Character(s): Buck Marshall; Smythe (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: story in black and white
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The Affair of Baron Von Muldorf

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, espionage
Feature(s): Spy
Character(s): Bart Regan; Sally Regan; Baron Von Mundorf (introduction, villain); Lorenzo Rica (introduction, villain)
First Line: I have a particularly unique assignment for you...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Part 5

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dr. Fu Manchu
Character(s): Dr. Fu Manchu; Sir Dennis Nayland Smith; Dr. Petrie
First Line: Nayland Smith, British Government official...
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Reprint Notes: from Dr. Fu Manchu daily (Bell Syndicate)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Adapted from The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer.

The strip appeared in newspapers in 1930 and 1931.
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The Crime in Stone

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Captain Burey; Detective Charlie Fox; Mr. Spado (villain)
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustrations.
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The Song of Death [Part 2]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Bruce Nelson
Character(s): Bruce Nelson; Billie Bryson; Opal Jackson (maid); Renick; Mrs. Warren (villain)
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Pages: 6
Job Number: SET 6 #N-13
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Mystery at the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Crimson Avenger
Character(s): The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Miss Stevens; Wing; Miller; Miller's gang
First Line: Say, Boss, this grave robbing situation...
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Pages: 6
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The Pigeon Smugglers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Steve Malone, District Attorney
Character(s): Steve Malone; Jeannie; Jim; The Ferrini Gang (villains, introduction)
First Line: Now that you've smashed the Ferrini Gang...
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Pages: 6
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Seth and the Slave Ring

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Feature(s): Slam Bradley
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Martin; The Hotel Manager; Seth (introduction, villain, death); Lord Atherton (introduction); a girl (introduction, death)
First Line: Within his penthouse suite...
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In Content Item: FlagContinuum #7 published January 2009
as Seth and the Slave Ring [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Remington Rand
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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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