Issue Details

Issue	#30
Published	August 1939
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Vincent Sullivan

Cover Details

Genre	crime
Pencils	Fred Guardineer (signed as Guardineer)
Inks	Fred Guardineer (signed as Guardineer)
Letters	Fred Guardineer; typeset
Reprinted	In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #1 (June 1990); In Batman Chronicles, The (DC, 2005 series) #1

10 page Tha Batman story "The Return of Doctor Death"

Characters	The Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Mrs. Jones; Doctor Death (villain, as Ivan Herd); Mikhail [villain, Death)
Synopsis	Thought dead in a fire in his home, Dr. Death has survived, but is in need of funds to re-establish himself, so he sets his sights on diamonds owned by a Mrs. Jones.
Genre	superhero
Script	Gardner F. Fox
Pencils	Bob Kane (signed); Sheldon Moldoff (backgrounds)
Inks	Bob Kane (signed)
Letters	Sheldon Moldoff
Notes	Some info and synopsis asdded by Craig Delich 2-8-09.
Reprinted	In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #1 (June 1990); In Batman Chronicles, The (DC, 2005 series) #1

1 page Crime Never Pays filler

Genre	crime
Pencils	Terry Gilkison (signed as T.G.)
Inks	Terry Gilkison (signed as T.G.)

1 page Oscar the Gumshoe filler

Characters	Oscar
Genre	gag
Pencils	Bob Kane
Inks	Bob Kane
Letters	Bob Kane?
Notes	Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2-8-09.

6 page Buck Marshall, Range Detective story "Finger of Doom"

Characters	Buck Marshall
Genre	western
Pencils	Homer Fleming (signed as H. Fleming)
Inks	Homer Fleming (signed as H. Fleming)
Notes	Story printed in red and black only.

6 page Spy story "The Dictator of the United States"

Characters	Bart Regan
Genre	adventure
Script	Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils	Mart Bailey (signed)
Inks	Mart Bailey (signed)

6 page Larry Steele, Private Detective story "The Old Man and the Kid"

Characters	Larry Steele
Genre	detective
Pencils	Will Ely (signed)
Inks	Will Ely (signed)

2 page text story "Shadowed"

Genre	adventure
Script	Frank Thomas (signed)
Letters	typeset

6 page Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator story "The Crossbow Mystery"

Characters	Speed Saunders
Genre	detective
Pencils	Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inks	Fred Guardineer (signed)
Letters	Fred Guardineer

6 page Bruce Nelson story "The Tea Racketeers"

Characters	Bruce Nelson
Genre	detective
Script	Tom Hickey (signed)
Pencils	Tom Hickey (signed)
Inks	Tom Hickey (signed)

6 page Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise story "The Imperial Insurance Swindle"

Characters	Cosmo
Genre	adventure
Script	Sven Elven?
Pencils	Sven Elven (signed)
Inks	Sven Elven (signed)
Notes	Story printed in red and black only.

13 page Slam Bradley story "The Granville Insane Asylum"

Characters	Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan.
Genre	detective
Script	Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils	Joe Shuster (signed)
Inks	Joe Shuster (signed)