Detective Comics #37
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- March 1940
- Page count
- 68
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/709
Credits
- Editing
- Vin Sullivan [as Vincent A. Sullivan]
Issue contents
Cover
No title recorded
(The Batman)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- The Batman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Credits
- Pencils
- Bob Kane
- Inks
- Bob Kane
Jerry Robinson ?
1Featuring
- Feature
- Johnson Smith & Co.
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Inside front cover.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Batman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Joey (death); Al (villain, grocery store owner); Elias Turg [aka "The Head"; also as Count Grutt] (villain, death); Carl (villain)
Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane
Jerry Robinson (backgrounds) - Inks
- Bob Kane
- Letters
- Jerry Robinson
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #237 (December 1971) — The Screaming House
-
Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #24 ([May 1972?]) — Untitled (Untitled)
-
Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #1 ([June] 1990) — The Screaming House
-
The Batman Chronicles (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([March] 2005) — The Screaming House
- From GCD
- from DETECTIVE COMICS (DC, 1937 series) #37 (March 1940).
- From Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #37
Synopsis
While passing by an old house, the Batman hears screams and rushes in to save a man, who he soon discovers is a crook that has been double crossing his boss and who kills the thugs torturing him so there will be no witnesses. Later, the Caped Crusader learns from the dying Joey that his boss is a big time smuggler, and he takes immediate steps to solve that problem.
Notes
The last, illustrated panel, displays a promo for Batman's next adventure against huge, terrifying, man-monsters...a story which appeared in Batman #1 when Robin was introduced in the next issue of Detective.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Fantastic Facts
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Script
- George Papp
- Art
- George Papp
- Letters
- George Papp
4Featuring
- Feature
- Spy
- Genre
- Adventure; spy
- Characters
- Bart Regan
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Art
- Maurice Kashuba
5Featuring
- Feature
- Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Cosmo
Credits
- Script
- Sven Elven ?
- Art
- Sven Elven
Notes
Writer credit added by Craig Delich.
6Featuring
- Feature
- The Crimson Avenger
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis] (in hat and cloak); Wing; Laura Burlingame
Credits
- Script
- Jim Chambers ?
- Art
- Harry Lucey ?
Notes
Last appearance was in Detective #29.
7Featuring
- Genre
- Crime
Credits
- Author
- John Randall (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Over two pages.
8Featuring
- Feature
- Daisy Air Rifles
Notes
At the bottom of the first page of the text story.
9Featuring
- Feature
- The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company
Notes
On the bottom of the second page of the text story.
10Notes
A few small ads on both pages of the text story.
11Featuring
- Feature
- Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator
- Genre
- Detective-mystery
- Characters
- Speed Saunders
Credits
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Art
- Fred Guardineer
- Letters
- Fred Guardineer
12Featuring
- Feature
- Steve Malone, District Attorney
- Genre
- Detective-mystery
- Characters
- Steve Malone
Credits
- Art
- Don Lynch
13Featuring
- Feature
- Cliff Crosby
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Cliff Crosby
Credits
- Script
- Chad Grothkopf
- Art
- Chad Grothkopf
- Letters
- Chad Grothkopf
14"Don't look so innocent..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Tiny
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Tiny
15Featuring
- Feature
- Detective Stamp Page
Credits
- Author
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Page includes many small ads from stamps dealers.
16Featuring
- Feature
- Slam Bradley
- Genre
- Detective-mystery
- Characters
- Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Art
- Mart Bailey
17Credits
- Letters
- typeset
18Featuring
- Feature
- Johnson Smith & Co.
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Inside back cover.
19Featuring
- Feature
- Wilson Chem. Co.
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Back cover.
Notes
Volume number and the on sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 443609.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.