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Issue: Detective Comics #42
Publication Date: August 1940
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Issues: #42 of 883 Issues (1409 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/03/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (10 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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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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]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #1 [First Printing] published July 1990
as Cover - Detective Comics #42 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Chronicles #2 published November 2006
as Detective Comics #42 [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)
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First Line: For thrills and adventure...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Case of the Prophetic Pictures!

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]; Commissioner James Gordon; Jim; Antal Ryder (an artist); Mikoff (an artist); Mr. Drake (socialite); Carmen Largo (opera singer, death); Mr. Vangild (death); Mr. Warren (death); Mr. Tavers; Mr. Bleek (Wiley's agent and manager); Mr. Wiley (villain, painting collector)
Synopsis: A business man heavily in debt buys up pictures of an artist at cheap prices, then tries to increase their value by murdering those pictured in the portraits.
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In Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #441 published June 1974
as The Case of the Prophetic Pictures! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #4/1979 published January 1979
as Spådoms-mordene [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #4/1979 published March 1979
as Fallet med de dödliga målningarna [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #1 [First Printing] published July 1990
as The Case of the Prophetic Pictures [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Chronicles #2 published November 2006
as The Case of the Prophetic Pictures [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Up! Up! Up!

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Batman
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Pages: 1
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Mighty Atoms

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Sports Close-Ups!
Character(s): Bitsy Grant; Tommy Bridges; Greg Rice
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Pages: 0.75
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Pages: 0.25
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The Missing Gas Mask

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, espionage
Feature(s): Spy
Character(s): Bart Regan; Ransom Hengel; Bulkley
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Pages: 6
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The Jewelry Robberies

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Red Logan, Ace Reporter
Character(s): Red Logan; Commissioner Ryan; Blackie Malone; Cecil Marlin
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Pages: 6
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Eagle Eye

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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The Girl in Red

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Crimson Avenger
Character(s): The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Mac
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Pages: 6
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The Pyromaniac

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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Murder in the Seashore Inn

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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Steve Malone, District Attorney
Character(s): Steve Malone
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Pages: 6
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Goofo the Great
Character(s): Goofo
First Line: How do y' do!
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Detective Stamp Page
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: All ads.
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An Ear in the Mail

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Cliff Crosby
Character(s): Cliff Crosby; Inspector Becker; Connie Becker
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Pages: 6
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The Gem Jewelry Company

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Officer Callahan
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Pages: 8
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Above the Superman radio show ad.
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Superman Is on the Radio!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Sponsored by the makers of Force over the following stations:
Synopsis: The ad promotes 14 stations in California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Washington, D.C. airing the Superman radio show, along with times and days, sponsored by Force cereal. Text at the bottom encourages readers to write their local stations and ask for the show, sponsored by Force cereal.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Below the Mutt and Jeff promo. This ad is similar to the one that ran originally in Action Comics #26 but with schedule changes of some stations and reformatted text.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Complete Works of Shakespeare
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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