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Issue Details

Issue #12
Published February 1938
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (Editor and Publisher); Vincent A. Sullivan (Associate Editor)
Notes Statement of Ownership: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, J S Liebowitz, owners

Cover Details - "Crook with wanted poster"

Genre Crime
Pencils Creig Flessel
Inks Creig Flessel
Notes Statement of Ownership: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, J S Liebowitz, owners

6 page Speed Saunders story "The Indian Oil Well Mystery"

Characters I: Objaw-wa Indians
Genre detective
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Creig Flessel
Inks Creig Flessel

6 page Larry Steele story "The Nick Orsatti Case: Part 3"

Characters V: Nick Orsatti (D)
Genre detective
Script Will Ely
Pencils Will Ely
Inks Will Ely

Half page Statement of Ownership text article

Genre fact
Script Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Letters typeset
Notes Publisher: Detective Comics Inc 432 Fourth Ave New York, NY Editor Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson Business Manager J. S. Liebowitz 114 E 47th St, New York , NY Owners: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholsn, J.S. Liebowitz

6 page Larry Steele story "The Jenks Kidnapping Case: Part 1"

Characters Nancy Jenks (intro), Mr. Jenks; a gang of kidnappers
Genre detective
Script Will Ely
Pencils Will Ely
Inks Will Ely
Notes story in black and white

12 page Bruce Nelson story "Murder In the Clouds [Part 1]"

Characters V: Harry Ward, Clifford (I for both)
Genre detective
Script Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Pencils Tom Hickey
Inks Tom Hickey

6 page text story "Counterfeit"

Script Vincent Sullivan
Pencils Creig Flessel
Inks Creig Flessel
Letters typeset

4 page filler "The Adams Case"

Script Russell Cole (as Alger)
Pencils Russell Cole (as Alger)
Inks Russell Cole (as Alger)

4 page Spy story "Assassins in the Rue Molin"

Characters V: Rene D'Arnot (I, D; killed by Bart Regan), unnamed spies (I)
Genre adventure
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Joe Shuster
Inks Joe Shuster

6 page Cosmo story "The Sabotaged Newspaper"

Characters V: Henry Braddock, Coronel (I for both); I: Col. Jefferson Towne
Pencils Sven Elven
Inks Sven Elven
Notes story in black and white

13 page Slam Bradley story "The Lumberjacks"

Characters V: Niles Hogarth, Pierre (I for both)
Genre detective
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Joe Shuster
Inks Joe Shuster
Notes title from last issue blurb

1 page Floyd Stimson story "Parachute Test"

Characters I: Floyd Stimson
Genre adventure
Script Will Ely
Pencils Will Ely
Inks Will Ely
Notes inside back cover;