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2January 1940
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Double Action Comics #2

DC · January 1940 · on sale 1939

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Identification plate

Series
Double Action Comics (DC, 1940 series)
Issue
#2
Publication date
January 1940
Key date
1940-01-00
On-sale date
1939
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: John Richard Flanagan; inks: John Richard Flanagan
1-comic story1script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred Schwab; letters: Fred Schwab
2Sandra's Vacation, Part 1comic story3pencils: Will Ely; inks: Will Ely
3Sandra's Vacation, Part 2comic story3pencils: Will Ely; inks: Will Ely
4-comic story1script: Alger; pencils: Alger; inks: Alger
5Vampire Venomcomic story4script: Leger; pencils: Reuths; inks: ReuthsDr. Occult; Det. Capt. Ellsworth
6-comic story2pencils: Creig Flessel; inks: Creig Flessel
7Part 16comic story2pencils: Sven Elvén; inks: Sven Elvén
8Part 17comic story2pencils: Sven Elvén; inks: Sven Elvén
9-comic story2script: Vin Sullivan; pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin Sullivan
10-comic story2script: Alger; pencils: Alger; inks: Alger
11Alaskan Adventure, Part 13comic story2script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: Leo E. O'Mealia; inks: Leo E. O'Mealia
12The Murder of Lord Greystone, Part 3comic story2script: Tom Hickey; pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom Hickey
13The Murder of Lord Greystone, Part 4comic story2script: Tom Hickey; pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom Hickey
14-cartoon2script: Whitney Ellsworth; pencils: Whitney Ellsworth; inks: Whitney Ellsworth
15The Marijuana Racket, Part 2comic story4pencils: Will Ely; inks: Will ElyJohnnie Law; Donati
16The Marijuana Racket, Part 3comic story4pencils: Will Ely; inks: Will Ely
17The Lynching, Part 1comic story4pencils: Will Ely; inks: Will Ely
18Yvonne Darling, Part 2comic story2pencils: Whitney Ellsworth; inks: Whitney EllsworthLinda; Yvonne Darling
19Episode 18comic story2script: Alexandre Dumas; pencils: Sven Elvén; inks: Sven Elvén
20King John and the Magna Cartacomic story2pencils: H. Fleming; inks: H. FlemingBobby; Binks; King John
21-comic story2pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom HickeyBrad Hardy; Prince Kardos
22Boris the Lion, Part 1comic story4pencils: Ed Cronin; inks: Ed CroninMarty McCann; Gorilla Greene; Pete Marko; Bradley Reynolds; Boris
23Boris the Lion, Part 2comic story4pencils: Ed Cronin; inks: Ed CroninMarty McCann; Bradley Reynolds; Boris the Lion; Pete Marko
24-comic story2pencils: Creig Flessel; inks: Creig Flessel
25The Spectral Killercomic story4script: Leger; pencils: Reuths; inks: ReuthsDr. Occult; Ed Murphy; Sgt. Ellsworth
26-comic story1script: Alger; pencils: Alger; inks: Alger
27-comic story1
28-comic story1pencils: Walter Galli; inks: Walter Galli

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