Detective Comics #42
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- August 1940
- Page count
- 68
- Cover price
- 0.10
- Colour
- Colour
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/961
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Batman)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Batman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Robin.
Credits
- Pencils
- Bob Kane
- Inks
- Bob Kane
Jerry Robinson - Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth
Reprint history
- Printed in
- In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #1 (June 1990).
1Featuring
- Feature
- Batman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Jim; Mr. Wiley [villain, D]; Antal; Mikoff; Mr. Drake; Carmen Largo [D]; Mr. Vangild [D]; Mr. Warren [D]; Mr. Tavers.
Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Bob Kane
- Inks
- Bob Kane
Jerry Robinson (backgrounds) - Letters
- Jerry Robinson
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #441 (June-July 1974) — The Case of the Prophetic Pictures!
-
Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #29 ([1974?]) — The Case of the Prophetic Pictures!
-
Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #1 ([June] 1990) — The Case of the Prophetic Pictures
Synopsis
A business man heavily in debt buys up pictures of an artist at cheap prices, then tries to increase their value by murdering those pictured in the portraits.
Notes
Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 2-20-09.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Sports Close-ups
- Genre
- Sports
- Characters
- Bitsy Grant; Tommy Bridges; Greg Rice.
Credits
- Art
- Sheldon Moldoff
3Featuring
- Feature
- Spy
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Bart Regan; Ransom Hengel; Bulkley.
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Art
- Maurice Kashuba
4Featuring
- Feature
- Red Logan, Ace Reporter
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Red Logan; Commisioner Ryan; Blackie Malone; Cecil Marlin.
Credits
- Pencils
- Ed Winiarski [signed as Win]
- Inks
- Ed Winiarski (signed as Win)
5Featuring
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Author
- R. Emmet Pace
- Art
- Jack Lehti
- Letters
- typeset
6Featuring
- Feature
- The Crimson Avenger
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Mac.
Credits
- Script
- Jack Lehti
- Art
- Jack Lehti
7Featuring
- Feature
- Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator
- Genre
- Detective
- Characters
- Speed Saunders
Credits
- Script
- Gardner F. Fox?
- Art
- Fred Guardineer
- Letters
- Fred Guardineer
8Featuring
- Feature
- Steve Malone, District Attorney
- Genre
- Detective
- Characters
- Steve Malone
Credits
- Art
- Don Lynch
9Featuring
- Feature
- Goofo the Great
- Genre
- Gag
- Characters
- Goofo
Credits
- Art
- Russell Cole [signed as Alger]
Notes
Artist's true name verified by Jerry Bails.
10Featuring
- Feature
- Cliff Crosby
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Cliff Crosby; Inspector Becker; Connie Becker.
Credits
- Script
- Chad Grothkopf
- Art
- Chad Grothkopf
- Letters
- Chad Grothkopf
11Featuring
- Feature
- Slam Bradley
- Genre
- Detective
- Characters
- Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Officer Callahan.
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Art
- Howard Sherman
- Letters
- Howard Sherman
Indicia
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