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Issue: Detective Comics #30
Publication Date: August 1939
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Issues: #30 of 883 Issues (1409 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/30/1939
Volume: 3
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 3. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 422127. Volume number not listed in the original comic indicia.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #1 [First Printing] published July 1990
as Cover - Detective Comics #30 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Chronicles #1 [First Printing] published May 2005
as Detective Comics #30 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): All-American Comics; Movie Comics
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Return of Doctor Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Mrs. Jones; Mrs. Jones's maid; Doctor Death [as Ivan Herd] (villain); Mikhail (villain, Dr. Death's assistant, death)
First Line: Less than a week ago...
Synopsis: Thought dead in a fire in his home, Dr. Death has survived, but is in need of funds to re-establish himself, so he sets his sights on diamonds owned by a Mrs. Jones.
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In Content Item: FlagCollection Fantôme #[42] published January 1945
as La chauve-souris [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #1 [First Printing] published July 1990
as The Return of Doctor Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Chronicles #1 [First Printing] published May 2005
as The Return of Doctor Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagContinuum #4 published March 2008
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Criminal Photography

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, non-fiction
Feature(s): Crime Never Pays
Character(s): Alphonse Bertillon; Herman N. Myers
First Line: In 1880, the noted French sûreté expert Alphonse Bertillon first planned a...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Oscar the Gumshoe
Character(s): Oscar; Filbert
First Line: Don't worry - He's as good as caught...
Synopsis: Oscar chases after a thief who robs a toy store.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Detective Stamp Page
First Line: One of the most prolific of the stamp issuing countries is...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.
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Finger of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (red tones)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, western
Feature(s): Buck Marshall, Range Detective
Character(s): Buck Marshall; The Sheriff; Morgan; Vail; Slade
First Line: Alert and cautious, Buck Marshall, range detective, rides out of the blistering heat of...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story printed in red and black only.
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The Dictator of the United States

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, espionage
Feature(s): Spy
Character(s): Bart Regan; Senator Kingsley; Jack Steele; Ray Gordon
First Line: In the Senate, Senator Kingsley...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Bailey signs his initials on the final page.
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The Old Man and the Kid

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Larry Steele, Private Detective
Character(s): Larry Steele
First Line: Yes sir - What can I do for you?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Shadowed

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Character(s): Chief of Police Benson; Detective Carr; Blinky Moroni
First Line: Chief of Police Benson sat at his desk in headquarters and...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.56
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustrations.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Model Builder
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.44
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The Crossbow Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator
Character(s): Speed Saunders; Dustin Rhodes; Nancy
First Line: A midnight call finds Speed reporting to the Chief of Police...
Synopsis: Speed investigates the murder of Dustin Rhodes.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Tea Racketeers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Bruce Nelson
Character(s): Bruce Nelson; Billie; Sam Wong; Yan Lee
First Line: Sorry Billie.
Synopsis: Bruce breaks up a racketeering operation involving the smuggling of tea.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Script previously credited to Hickey, but there is no evidence to suggest he did anything other than the art.
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The Imperial Insurance Swindle

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; Inspector Gray; Gene Clausen; Captain Alvarez; Captain Midland
First Line: As Cosmo and Inspector Gray...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story printed in red and black only.

Script previously suggested as by Elven, but there is no evidence that he did more than art and letters.
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The Granville Insane Asylum

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Dr. Granville; Gloria Travers; Officer Kelly; Nick
First Line: Let 'em have it, Slam!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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The Comic Book of Tomorrow Is Here Today!!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): New York World's Fair Comics
First Line: The one and only officially licensed comic book of the New York World's Fair!
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Miscellaneous
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
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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