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26April 1939
$0.10

Detective Comics #26

DC · April 1939 · on sale 1939-03-08

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Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#26
Publication date
April 1939
Key date
1939-04-00
On-sale date
1939-03-08
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred Guardineer
2Artists of Deathcomic story13script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe ShusterSlam Bradley, Shorty Morgan
3The Van Dorn Murder Casecomic story6script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Don Lynch; inks: Don LynchSteve Malone
4Back from the Dead [Part 3]comic story6script: Tom Hickey; pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom HickeyBruce Nelson
5The Phony Crimson Avengercomic story6script: Jim Chambers; pencils: Jim Chambers; inks: Jim ChambersThe Crimson Avenger, Wing How, Lee Travis, Wing
6Disguisetext story1.7script: Paul Dean; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred GuardineerMiss Benson; Henry Sumner [aka Kurt Harvey]; Mr. Browne
10The Taxicab Warcomic story6script: Will Ely; pencils: Will Ely; inks: Will ElyLarry Steele
11The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Part 10comic story4script: Leo O'Mealia, Sax Rohmer; pencils: Leo O'Mealia; inks: Leo O'MealiaDr. Fu Manchu; Sir Dennis Nayland Smith; Dr. Petrie; Greba Eltham; Rev. J. D. Eltham
12Jamaica's New Issuetext article0.5letters: typeset
14Detective Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.05letters: typeset
15-comic story0.7script: Bob Kane; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane
17The Fake Shipwreckcomic story6pencils: Sven Elvén; inks: Sven Elvén; letters: Sven ElvenCosmo, the Phantom of Disguise
18The Man Who Torpedoed Congresscomic story6script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe ShusterSally Norris, Bart Regan
19The Basketball Mysterycomic story6script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred GuardineerSpeed Saunders
20Movie Comics; All-American Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Sheldon Mayer, Jack Adler, Emery Gondor; inks: Sheldon Mayer, Jack Adler, Emery Gondor

Plus 4.05 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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