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Issue: Detective Comics #40
Publication Date: June 1940
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Issues: #40 of 883 Issues (1380 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/03/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 457915.
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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
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Clayface [Basil Karlo]
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In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #1 [First Printing] published July 1990
as Cover - Detective Comics #40 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Chronicles #2 published November 2006
as Detective Comics #40 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Murders of Clayface

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Julie Madison; Kenneth Todd [as "The Terror"] (movie star); Mr. Bentley (movie director); Ned Norton (former movie actor); Lorna Dane (movie star, death); Fred Walker (Lorna's old sweetheart, death); Clayface [Basil Karlo] (villain, introduction); Roxy Brenner (villain)
Synopsis: Learning that Julie has become a movie actress, Bruce and Dick head over to the studio to meet with her. However, a series of events leads Bruce to believe something bad is going to happen, which it does, and the Batman must lend a hand to stop a killer known as Clayface.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman from the 30s to the 70s #73-168329 published October 1971
as The Murders of Clayface [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #1 [First Printing] published July 1990
as The Murders of Clayface [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Chronicles #2 published November 2006
as The Murders of Clayface [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Here It Is!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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The Forgarian Ball

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Spy
Character(s): Bart Regan; Burdini
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Pages: 6
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An American Reporter in London

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Red Logan
Character(s): Red Logan
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Pages: 6
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The Mysterious Rays

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Crimson Avenger
Character(s): The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis] (in hat and cape); Wing; Mac
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Pages: 6
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Feature(s): Popsicle
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Pages: 2
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The Jewel Robbers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator
Character(s): Speed Saunders
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Pages: 6
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Theft at the Fair

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1.2
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Detective Comics #41.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.8
Disclose Notes: Many small ads on both pages of the text story.
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The Prodigy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Steve Malone, District Attorney
Character(s): Steve Malone; Fuhlra
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Pages: 6
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Superman
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Pages: 0.17
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Superman Is on the Radio!

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
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Pages: 0.5
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Junior Sales Club
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Pages: 0.33
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New Air Mails

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Detective Stamp Page
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes many small ads from stamps dealers.
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The New Plane

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Cliff Crosby
Character(s): Cliff Crosby; Bridgeman; Les Sharron
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Pages: 6
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The Murder of Slugger Carmen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Luigi Barrati; Carlo Pimento
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Pages: 8
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The "Big Six" Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Spencer Fireworks Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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