Issue Details

Issue	#21
Published	November 1938
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Vincent Sullivan

Cover Details

Pencils	Leo O'Mealia
Inks	Leo O'Mealia

6 page Speed Saunders story "The Glass of Poison"

Characters	I: Phillippa Rowen (D), Betty Palmer; V: Big Shot Bettini
Genre	detective
Script	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Fred Guardineer
Inks	Fred Guardineer
Notes	Speed is shown reading DETECTIVE COMICS!

6 page Larry Steele story "The Accident Racket"

Characters	V: Tom Hayworth, Dr. Avery, Colby (I for all)
Genre	detective
Script	Will Ely
Pencils	Will Ely
Inks	Will Ely

6 page Buck Marshall story "Bullet Trap"

Characters	V: Smythe (I)
Script	Homer Fleming
Pencils	Homer Fleming
Inks	Homer Fleming
Notes	story in black and white

8 page Spy story "The Affair of Baron Von Muldorf"

Characters	V: Baron Von Mundorf, Lorenzo Rica (I for both)
Genre	adventure
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Joe Shuster
Inks	Joe Shuster

4 page Dr. Fu Manchu story "The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu: Part 5"

Genre	adventure
Script	Sax Rohmer
Pencils	Leo O'Mealia
Inks	Leo O'Mealia
Letters	typeset
Notes	strip reprints; adapted from THE INSIDIOUS DR. FU MANCHU by Sax Rohmer

2 page text story "The Crime In Stone"

Script	Gardner Fox (Paul Dean)
Letters	typeset

6 page Bruce Nelson story "The Song of Death [Part 2]"

Characters	V: Mrs. Warren
Genre	detective
Script	Gardner Fox?
Pencils	Tom Hickey
Inks	Tom Hickey

6 page Crimson Avenger story "Mystery At the Mt. Pleasant Cemetary"

Characters	V: Miller and his gang (I for all)
Genre	superhero
Script	Jim Chambers?
Pencils	Jim Chambers
Inks	Jim Chambers

6 page Steve Malone story "The Pigeon Smugglers"

Characters	V: The Ferrini gang (I)
Genre	detective
Script	Gardner Fox

13 page Slam Bradley story "Seth and the Slave Ring"

Characters	V: Seth (I, D); I: Lord Atherton, a girl (D)
Genre	detective
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Joe Shuster
Inks	Joe Shuster

1 page Crime Never Pays filler

Notes

may be out of order in this book