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Issue: Detective Comics #26
Publication Date: April 1939
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Issues: #26 of 883 Issues (1409 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/08/1939
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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In Issue: FlagRadio Funnies [ashcan] #[nn] published January 1939cover in black & white
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Artists of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Feature(s): Slam Bradley
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Martin; Pierre D'Orsay (villain, introduction); other artists (introduction)
First Line: Whango!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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The Van Dorn Murder Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (red tones)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Feature(s): Steve Malone, District Attorney
Character(s): Steve Malone; Paula (villain, introduction); August Van Dorn (introduction, death); John Van Dorn (introduction); Nancy Lee (introduction)
First Line: District Attorney Malone at the house party...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: story in red, white, and black
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Back from the Dead [Part 3]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Bruce Nelson
Character(s): Bruce Nelson; Jeff Virdone (villain); Officer McMillan; Jim Watson; Detective Henderson
First Line: You say, Chief, that this old Sheldrake house, is supposedly haunted...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Not on Bails' list of Fox stories
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The Phony Crimson Avenger

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]; Wing; Joe Savo (villain, introduction, death); Gip (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction)
First Line: The power is shut off...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Disguise

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Miss Benson; Henry Sumner [aka Kurt Harvey]; Mr. Browne
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustrations.
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The Taxicab War

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Feature(s): Larry Steele, Private Detective
Character(s): Larry Steele; Hegan (villain, introduction, death); Benson (villain, introduction); his gang (introduction)
First Line: I'm sorry, sir, but I'm just closing up...
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Pages: 6
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The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Part 10

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; Greba Eltham; Rev. J. D. Eltham
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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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Jamaica's New Issue

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stamp Collectors' Corner
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes several ads from stamps dealers.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Cleo and Clancy
First Line: There are the culprits...
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Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: Blurb announcing the beginning of The Batman feature in the following issue at the top of the page.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Rosati Accordions
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Pages: 0.25
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The Fake Shipwreck

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (red tones)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime
Feature(s): Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise
Character(s): Cosmo; Dr. Marston (villain, introduction); Raolf Bardou (villain, introduction); Captain Robertson
First Line: The freighter 'Coral Sea'...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: story in red, white, and black
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The Man Who Torpedoed Congress

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, espionage
Feature(s): Spy
Character(s): Bart Regan; Sally; Prof. James Barton (villain, introduction, death); Keller (villain, introduction)
First Line: At exactly 7:00 P.M...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: U. S. Congress building is blown up; restored by Superman, maybe?
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The Basketball Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Feature(s): Speed Saunders
Character(s): Speed Saunders; Mannix; Faro Fleming (villain, introduction); Smith (villain, introduction); Ralgen; Johnson
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Pages: 6
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Movie Comics; All-American Comics
First Line: At last, something new and different...
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Pages: 1
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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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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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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