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57November 1941
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Detective Comics #57

DC · November 1941 · on sale 1941-09-20

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#57
Publication date
November 1941
Key date
1941-11-00
On-sale date
1941-09-20
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George RoussosBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
1Another Message to Our Readerstext article1script: Whitney EllsworthWilliam Moulton Marston; W.W. Sones
2Twenty-Four Hours to Live!comic story13script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos; letters: George RoussosBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Linda Page; Jasper Sneed's doctor; Lucille Sneed (Jasper's orphan niece, opera singer); Mrs. Biggs (Jasper Sneed's widowed sister); Stanley Bigg's (Mrs. Bigg's son); John Harvey (Jasper Sneed's former business partner); Hosmer Clay (Jasper Sneed's cousin,
3Paste This in Your Hatpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
43 Brand New Features!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
5The Fencercomic story6pencils: Ed Moore; inks: Ed MooreBart Regan; Vortex; The Fencer (villain)
6Smoke Blows Westin-house column0.33script: Josette Frank
8Jerry Siegel Does It Again!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
9The Carson Kidnapping Casecomic story5script: Jack Lehti; pencils: Jack Lehti; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Charles ParisThe Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis] (in costume, no cape); Wing
11The Adventure of the "Spider Girl"comic story6script: Chad Grothkopf; pencils: Chad Grothkopf; inks: Chad Grothkopf; letters: Chad GrothkopfCliff Crosby; Kay Nevers
12The Case of Double Troublecomic story6pencils: Cliff Young; inks: Cliff YoungLarry Steele
13Action! Thrills!promo (ad from the publisher)0.67
15Murder in the Tropicscomic story6pencils: Win; inks: WinSpeed Saunders
17Retributiontext story1script: Norman Goss
18The White Deathtext story0.67script: John Hilton; pencils: Stan Kaye; inks: Stan Kaye
20The Jones Casecomic story6pencils: Don Lynch; inks: Don LynchSteve Malone
21The Case of the Talking Dummy!comic story8pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard ShermanSlam Bradley; Shorty Morgan

Plus 5.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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