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Issue: Detective Comics #22
Publication Date: December 1938
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Issues: #22 of 883 Issues (1380 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/07/1938
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (12 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
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Crimson Avenger
Character(s): The Crimson Avenger
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Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Buddy can ya' spare a dime?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Return of Fui Onyui

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Slam Bradley
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Martin; Fui Onyui (villain, death); Yat Sin (introduction)
First Line: Keep me waiting an hour overtime...
Synopsis: Slam Bradley disguises himself as Chinese in order to infiltrate an opium den, then pretends to smoke opium before making contact with an allied agent.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: A sign on the wall behind Slam in the splash panel reads:
DR. L. K. SIEGEL - DENTIST
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Mansion of Maniacs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Larry Steele, Private Detective
Character(s): Larry Steele; unnamed deranged maniacs (villains, death)
First Line: Well one things certain [sic]...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: story in black and white
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Wanted, Dead or Alive: The Crimson Avenger

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Crimson Avenger
Character(s): The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; MacKenzie; Wing; Sgt. Haines (villain, introduction); Mr. Gates (a D.A., introduction)
First Line: Yes, Mac, our paper has offered a $5,000 reward...
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Pages: 6
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The Song of Death [Part 3]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Bruce Nelson
Character(s): Bruce Nelson; Billie Bryson; Mrs. Warren (villain); Renick
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Pages: 6
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A Sticky Clue

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox [as Paul Dean] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Pierre Laverne (thief); Henri Mourette
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Pages: 1.67
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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Bob Showed Them How Spies Work!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Chemcraft
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Pages: 0.33
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Break-In at the Bartilian Embassy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, espionage
Feature(s): Spy
Character(s): Bart Regan; Sally Regan; Agent Morgan (intro); Nitchova (intro)
First Line: An agent named Morgan...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Secret Service

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Edward O. Heinrich
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Pages: 0.67
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How to Be Funny

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Siegel-Shuster School of Humor
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Pages: 0.1
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Buddha Money Mystery

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Reliable Sales Co.
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Pages: 0.07
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Electric Unloading

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lionel Trains
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Pages: 0.16
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The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Part 6

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dr. Fu Manchu
Character(s): Dr. Fu Manchu; Dr. Petrie; Sir Dennis Nayland Smith; Inspector Ryman
First Line: Doctor Petrie, in an effort to solve the mysterious deaths...
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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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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Oscar the Gumshoe
Character(s): Oscar the Gumshoe
First Line: Did you call for me, Sarge?
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Pages: 1
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In Vino Philatelus

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stamp Collectors' Corner
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes a few small ads for stamps dealers.
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Bonelli the Jewel Thief

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Feature(s): Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise
Character(s): Cosmo; Mr. Carriere; Inspector Reilly; Bonelli (villain, introduction)
First Line: A great crowd is milling about...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: story in black and white
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The Duchess of Biltshire's Diamonds

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Inspector Kent of Scotland Yard
Character(s): Inspector Kent; The Colonel; The Raven (villain); Duchess of Biltshire; Sergeant Willy Wiggbert; Captain Martineau; Mrs. Martineau
First Line: Hello Kent, this is Scotland Yard calling...
Synopsis: The Raven's henchmen gas the guards and help him escape from death row via a gyro-plane. Several weeks later, he attempts to steal the Duchess of Biltshire's diamonds worth $500,000.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Last appearance in Detective Comics. The feature makes one more appearance in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #38 (May 1939), where it replaces Cotton Carver for one issue. Story probably inspired by "The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds" (1897) by Guy Booth.
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The Snow Murder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Speed Saunders
Character(s): Speed Saunders; Rosita Fernandez; Walter Weston; Ordway (intro, villain, death)
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Pages: 6
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Crime-Curiosities

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Six unrelated gag panels
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Be a Movie King

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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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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