| 0 | The First Appearance of the Batman | cover | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane | |
| 1 | Detective Comics #27 The Bat-Man Arrives in Gotham City | text article | 2 | script: Robert Greenberger | |
| 2 | The Case of the Chemical Syndicate | comic story | 6 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Rob't Kane; inks: Rob't Kane; letters: Bob Kane | The Bat-Man [Bruce Wayne] (introduction); Commissioner James Gordon (introduction); Mr. Lambert (introduction, death); Mel Lambert (introduction, Mr. Lambert's son, unnamed in this story); unnamed Police Sergeant (introduction); Steven Crane (introduction, death); Crane's butler (introduction); Paul |
| 3 | Tenderfoot | comic story | 0.75 | script: Charles Biro; pencils: Charles Biro; inks: Charles Biro | |
| 5 | Killers of Kurdistan | comic story | 6 | script: Gardner Fox, Fred Guardineer; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred Guardineer; letters: Fred Guardineer | Speed Saunders; Tom (Trelawney's friend, death); Trelawney (death); Trelawney's maid; The Veiled Prophetress of the Killers of Kurdistan (villain); Killers of Kurdistan (villains, one dies) |
| 6 | Bullet Bluff | comic story | 6 | script: H. Fleming; pencils: H. Fleming; inks: H. Fleming | Buck Marshall; unnamed Sheriff; Matt Doyle (Box K Ranch worker); Jerry Kane (Box K Ranch owner, death); Pepper (Buck's horse); The Terror [Jack Stark] (villain) |
| 7 | The Mysterious Murders | comic story | 6 | script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster | Bart Regan; Congressman Sneed (death); Congressman Little (death); Congressman Booker; Congressman Stoker; unnamed spy (villain, death) |
| 8 | Murder on the Oceanic Line Docks | comic story | 6 | script: Jim Chambers; pencils: Jim Chambers; inks: Jim Chambers | The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Abe Gold (night club owner, death); un-named hospital nurse (death); Frank (villain); Mike Moran (villain) |
| 9 | Death on the Airwaves | text story | 2 | script: Paul Dean; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred Guardineer | |
| 10 | The New Orleans Mardi Gras Murder Part 1 | comic story | 6 | script: Tom Hickey; pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom Hickey | Bruce Nelson; Ed Lane (a detective); Lili Grauet (death) |
| 11 | The Mysterious Doctor Fu Manchu | comic story | 4 | script: Sax Rohmer, Leo O'Mealia; pencils: Leo O'Mealia; inks: Leo O'Mealia | Rev. J. D. Eltham; Greba Eltham; Nayland Smith; Vernon Denby; Dr. Petrie; Dr. Fu Manchu (villain) |
| 12 | Flatfoot Flannigan | comic story | 1 | script: Paul Gustavson; pencils: Paul Gustavson; inks: Paul Gustavson; letters: Paul Gustavson | Flannigan |
| 13 | Illegal Aliens | comic story | 6 | script: Sven Elvén; pencils: Sven Elvén; inks: Sven Elvén | Cosmo; Carg (Immigration HQ official); Mike Donovan (Policeman); Yen Lo (villain); Kwan Joy Lo (villain); Fo Lee (villain) |
| 14 | Plain Clothes Pete | comic story | 4 | script: Alger; pencils: Alger; inks: Alger | |
| 15 | The Murderer on Vacation | comic story | 9 | script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster, Paul Cassidy; inks: Joe Shuster, Paul Cassidy | Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Dick Kelly (death); Gale Dennis (villain); "Black Jack" Benson (villain); Nicky (villain); Helger Wetjen (villain) |
| 16 | House Advertisement | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | letters: typeset | |