| 0 | DC Unveils the First Comic Dedicated to a Single Theme | cover | 1 | pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin Sullivan | Sen Yoi |
| 1 | Detective Comics #1 Pulp Fiction Comes to Comics | text article | 2 | script: Les Daniels | |
| 2 | The River Patrol | comic story | 6 | script: Creig Flessel; pencils: Creig Flessel; inks: Creig Flessel | Cyril "Speed" Saunders (introduction); Mr. Moran (introduction); Cap'n Scum (introduction, villain) |
| 3 | The Rhangwa Pearls | comic story | 6 | script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: Sven Elvén; inks: Sven Elvén; letters: Sven Elvén | Cosmo, The Phantom of Disguise (introduction); Captain Burke (introduction); Gregory Billingwater (introduction); Taro (introduction, villain) |
| 4 | The Peruvian Mine Murders, Part 1 | comic story | 6 | pencils: Creig Flessel; inks: Creig Flessel | Bret Lawton (introduction); Tim Morgan (introduction); Spider Malone (introduction, villain) |
| 5 | The Claws of the Red Dragon | comic story | 13 | script: Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom Hickey | Bruce Nelson (introduction); Erick von Holtzendorff (introduction); Sigrid von Holtzendorf (introduction); Sen Yoi (introduction, villain); unnamed Chinese (villains, introduction for all) |
| 6 | The Gotlotz Jewels | comic story | 4 | script: Bill Patrick; pencils: Bill Patrick; inks: Bill Patrick; letters: Bill Patrick | Gumshoe Gus (introduction) |
| 7 | The Balinoff Case, Part 1 | comic story | 4 | script: Jerome Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster | Bart Regan (introduction, origin); Sally Norris (introduction); Olga Balinoff (introduction, villain) |
| 8 | The Gotrox Pearls | comic story | 4 | script: Alger; pencils: Alger; inks: Alger; letters: Russell Cole | Eagle-Eyed Jake (introduction); Mrs. Gotrox (introduction) |
| 9 | - | comic story | 1 | script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred Schwab; letters: Fred Schwab | Gus; Inspector Schmaltz; Reilly |
| 10 | The Bar S Rustlers | comic story | 6 | script: Homer Fleming; pencils: Homer Fleming; inks: Homer Fleming | Buck Marshall (introduction); Sanders (introduction, villain) |
| 11 | The Streets of Chinatown | comic story | 13 | script: Jerome Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster | Slam Bradley (introduction); Shorty Morgan (introduction); Rita Carlisle (introduction); Sergeant Kelly; Captain Frawley; Fui Onyui (introduction, villain) |
| 12 | Shazam! Power of Hope | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: Alex Ross; inks: Alex Ross; colors: Alex Ross | Shazam; Batman; Superman |