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Issue: Detective Comics #31
Publication Date: September 1939
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Issues: #31 of 883 Issues (1380 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/30/1939
Volume: 3
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (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 424437. 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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Julie Madison; The Monk
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In Content Item: FlagBatman from the 30s to the 70s #73-168329 published October 1971
as Detective Comics No. 31 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #1 [First Printing] published July 1990
as Cover - Detective Comics #31 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Gallery #1 published August 1992
as Detective Comics 31 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Special #8 published July 1999
as Mini-Poster #4 [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Chronicles #1 [First Printing] published May 2005
as Detective Comics #31 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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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
First Line: The greatest scoop in comic magazine history!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Batman vs. the Vampire, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Julie Madison (Bruce's fiancée, introduction); Dr. Trent; the Monk (villain, introduction)
First Line: The Batman, weird menace to all crime, at last meets...
Synopsis: When Batman discovers Julie in a trance, he is advised by a doctor to take her to Hungary, where he faces a living vampire, who wishes to kill the Caped Crusader and feed Julie to his werewolves.
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In Content Item: Flag100-Page Super Spectacular #DC-14 published February 1973
as Menace of the Monk [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[1] published August 1988
as Batman Versus the Vampire, Part One [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[nn] published December 1988
as Batman versus the Vampire, Part One [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[nn] published June 1989
as Batman Versus the Vampire, Part One [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #1 [First Printing] published July 1990
as Batman vs. the Vampire, Part 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Chronicles #1 [First Printing] published May 2005
as Batman vs. the Vampire Part 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Batman uses two new weapons in this story: the Batgyro and the Baterang.
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Latest Arrivals for World's Fair

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Detective Stamp Page
Character(s): Carlis Ulmanis
First Line: Strikingly depicted on a new Russian set, issued in honor of the New York World's Fair, is the...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.
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Waging Battle Against Highway Piracy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Crime Never Pays
First Line: Along 3,000,000 miles of the U.S. highways, undercover agents of the...
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Pages: 1
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Policeman!
Character(s): O'Toole; Murphy
First Line: Hey, O'Toole - You're takin' the corners too fast again!
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Pages: 1
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Killer's Bait

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (red tones)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Buck Marshall, Range Detective
Character(s): Buck Marshall; Jim Murray; Bart Rice; Jeff Turner; Joe Turner; Red; Burbage
First Line: Here's the layout - this onery gun-slick enters the...
Synopsis: Buck investigates a bank robbery.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story printed in red and black only.
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The Mystery Plane

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Spy
Character(s): Bart Regan; unnamed mechanic
First Line: Behind closed doors is guarded the Navy's sensational new "mystery plane"...
Synopsis: Bart is tasked with finding and recovering a stolen plane.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Bailey signs his initials on the final page.
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Mrs. Velvet

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; Amos Velvet; Williams; Dr. Taylor; Sgt. Britt
First Line: You've got to help me, Steele!
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Pages: 6
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Newspaper Nightmare

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox [as Paul Dean] (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Pete Barrows; Teddy Smith; Henry Parson; Inspector Burke; Harrison Banks
First Line: The city room of the Daily Star hummed with the feverish activity of...
Synopsis: A murder occurs at a newspaper and Inspector Burke is assigned to the case.
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Pages: 2
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The Mammoth Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator
Character(s): Speed Saunders; Bushland Bill Mercer; Elkins; Rosita; Joe; Jumbo (elephant)
First Line: What a clever way to kill a man!
Synopsis: Speed looks into a murder that occurred at a circus.
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Pages: 6
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Friday the Thirteenth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Bruce Nelson
Character(s): Bruce Nelson; Col. Lonsdale; Carol Londsdale; Frederic Pearce
First Line: Friday the thirteenth.
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Pages: 6
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Dr. Dupre

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (red tones)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise
Character(s): Cosmo; Dr. Brigg; Jose Sierra; Dr. Crane; Dr. Dupre; Miss Page; John Vanderman
First Line: Cosmo finds a note in the day's mail of great interest.
Synopsis: A series of victims have become feebleminded in similar fashion so Cosmo decides to look into the matter.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story printed in red and black only.
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The Zoo Murder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Dugan
First Line: Thought that was funny, eh?
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Pages: 13
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The Comic Book of Tomorrow Is Here Today!!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): New York World's Fair Comics
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Zatara; Butch the Pup; The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Ginger Snap
First Line: The one and only officially licensed comic book of the New York World's Fair!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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