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Issue: Detective Comics #38
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Publisher: FlagDC
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/06/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 23 (10 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 found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 449539.
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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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Cover, Front
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Robin - The Boy Wonder

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
The sensational character-find of 1940...
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FlagBatman from the 30s to the 70s #73-168329 published October 1971
as Detective Comics No. 38 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagLäderlappen #4/1975 published January 1975
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagLäderlappen #12/1975 published January 1975
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagLynvingen #4/1975 published April 1975
as Legenden om Lynvingen og Robin [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagThe Untold Legend of the Batman [Batman Cereal Edition] #3 published January 1989
as Detective Comics #38 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Untold Legend of the Batman [MPI Audio Edition] #3 published June 1989
as Detective Comics #38 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman Archives #1 [First Printing] published July 1990
as Cover - Detective Comics #38 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Batman Gallery #1 published August 1992
as Detective Comics 38 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMillennium Edition: Detective Comics 38 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published April 2000
as The First Appearance of Robin [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagThe Batman Chronicles #1 [First Printing] published May 2005
as Detective Comics #38 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
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[untitled]

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Inside front cover.
Robin the Boy Wonder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] (introduction, origin); John Grayson (introduction, Dick's father, death); Mary Grayson (introduction, Dick's mother, death); C. C. Haly [as Mr. Haly] (Haly Circus owner); Boss Zucco [Anthony Zucco] (villain, introduction); Blade (villain, death)
The Batman. That amazing, weird figure of night, at last takes under his protecting mantle an ally in his relentless fight against crime...
Dick Grayson watches his parents die and overhears the killers confessing the point, and he decides to tip off the Police. However, the Batman intervenes to save the boy's life, and trains him to become his partner, Robin the Boy Wonder. Then the duo head out to gather evidence needed to put the criminals behind bars.
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FlagDetective Comics Special Reprint #38 published January 1995
FlagBatman from the 30s to the 70s #73-168329 published October 1971
as Robin the Boy Wonder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSecret Origins #7 published October 1974
as Robin the Boy Wonder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagLäderlappen #4/1975 published January 1975
as Legenden om Läderlappen och Robin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagLynvingen #4/1975 published April 1975
as Lynvingen finner Robin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman Album #37 published October 1979
as Robin the Boy Wonder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman Archives #1 [First Printing] published July 1990
as Robin the Boy Wonder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMillennium Edition: Detective Comics 38 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published April 2000
as Robin the Boy Wonder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman in the Forties #[nn] published May 2004
as Robin the Boy Wonder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Batman Chronicles #1 [First Printing] published May 2005
as Robin the Boy Wonder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The splash page replicates the cover.
Phono-Post Stamps

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Detective Stamp Page
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Page includes many small ads from stamps dealers.
The Electrical Assassin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
adventure
Spy
Bart Regan; Chick Cavanaugh (Secret Service agent, death); Nell Johnson (villain, death); Carter (villain, a scientist, death)
Early evening... great tentacles of electricity splotch the sky above Washington, D.C. to the accompaniment of ominous rumbles of thunder...
Bart nearly loses his life when he investigates a scientist's invention that produces lightning, which can be directed to any target the scientist desires, and with which he plans to terrorize the nation and eventually control it.
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FlagMillennium Edition: Detective Comics 38 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published April 2000
as The Electrical Assassin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Dr. Hydkil

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
adventure
Red Logan
Red Logan; Ivan; Inspector Enright; Simpson (Policeman); Mitchell (Policeman); Archie (Times Courier employee); Dr. Hydkil (villain); Gluko (villain, Hydkil's assistant)
Red Logan, ace reporter of the Times Courier, and his friend Ivan take an evening stroll through one of London's side streets.
Red becomes involved in a murder mystery that has all the earmarks of a vampire killer. Instead he runs smack dab into a crazed medical genius bent on becoming another Frankenstein!
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FlagMillennium Edition: Detective Comics 38 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published April 2000
as Dr. Hydkil [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Phoney Jewel Robbery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
The Crimson Avenger
The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Mrs. Duprey; Mac (Globe-Leader reporter); Mike (Policeman); Mr. Duprey (villain); "Gimpy" Malone (villain); Joe Scalponi (villain)
It is the opening night of the opera, all society is present, including the wealthy Mr. and Mrs. Duprey...
The Crimson investigates and puts to an end an insideous plan in which wealthy people pay to have their jewels stolen, then get them returned after having collected the insurance on them.
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FlagMillennium Edition: Detective Comics 38 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published April 2000
as Phoney Jewel Robbery [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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No. 1 - Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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informational
Detective Comics Monthly Book Review
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Boys! I'll Help You Get a Daisy Air Rifle for Your Birthday

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Daisy Air Rifles
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Amazing New Printing Press

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Peck Brothers
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[untitled]

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humorous
Uncle Otto
Ahchoo!
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Boys Build This Cape Cod Cottage

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Miniature Homes Co.
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The Kidnaped Singer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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?
Subject Matter
mystery
Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator
Speed Saunders; Lora de Thiessi (Torch singer); Jim (backstage employee); Marie (Thiessi's maid-servant); un-named Police Captain; Jim (airport pilot); un-named fiancee of Lora de Thiessi (villain)
Speed enjoys a night at the Social Theater...
Speed uncovers a plot by the supposed fiancee of singer Lora de Thiess, who had gotten himself into debt by gambling, then put the touch on Lora's theater to ransom her back from a kidnapping.
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FlagMillennium Edition: Detective Comics 38 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published April 2000
as The Kidnaped Singer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Millennium Edition: Detective Comics #38 (2000 series) lists the writer as being Fred Guardineer erroneously.
The Gambler's Protector

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mystery
Steve Malone, District Attorney
Steve Malone; Chief of Police Runyan; Happy (Malone's secretary); Butch Smaltz (villain); un-named Police Commissioner (villain); Butch (villain)
Hello, Chief. Hear you're having trouble cleaning up the gambling and policy rackets.
Steve makes the discovery that the city's criminal rackets are being financed by the Police Commissioner.
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FlagMillennium Edition: Detective Comics 38 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published April 2000
as The Gambler's Protector [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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At the Arctic Circle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
adventure
Cliff Crosby
Cliff Crosby; Dr. Broussard; Aga (Kingdom Chief); Sabu (villain, phony Kingdom Chief); Sengi (villain)
Cliff Crosby and Dr. Broussard, famous explorers, are now at the Arctic Circle.
Having to bail out of their plane over the arctic regions, Cliff and Dr. Broussard are shocked to find African natives living in the arctic with little clothing on. They are brought before the Chief of the Sabu Kingdom and informed about a serum the natives drink that permits them to live in the coldest of weather without clothing!
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FlagMillennium Edition: Detective Comics 38 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published April 2000
as At the Arctic Circle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Case of the Vanishing Train

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Richard Martin (credited)
typeset
Subject Matter
mystery
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Miscellaneous
1.34
G-Boy Repeating Toy Cap Pistol

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St. Louis Pistols & Caps, Inc.
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Earn Big Money!

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Wehman Laugh League
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Boys Earn Money and Big Prizes

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The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co.
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The Big Fire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
mystery
Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Tommy Crane (crippled boy); un-named apartment building janitor (villain)
Hurry up, Shorty, or we'll be late.
Slam and Shorty help rescue people from a burning apartment building.
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FlagMillennium Edition: Detective Comics 38 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published April 2000
as The Big Fire [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Six Big Headline Features for the "Big Six" Comic Magazines!

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Superman [Clark Kent]; Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Ultra-Man; The Spectre; The Flash [Jay Garrick]
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Promo for the "Big Six" comic magazines: Action Comics featuring Superman, Detective Comics featuring The Batman, Adventure Comics featuring The Sandman, All-American Comics featuring Ultra-Man, More Fun Comics featuring The Spectre, and Flash Comics featuring The Flash.
Pick Your Prize

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Lancaster County Seed Co.
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Inside back cover.
A Sensational Offer to Readers of Detective Comics

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Book Coupon Exchange
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Ad for the Complete Works of Shakespeare and other volumes by other famous authors.

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