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Issue Details

Issue #40
Published June 1940
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details

Characters Batman; Robin; Clayface [villain].
Genre superhero
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Bob Kane (signed); Jerry Robinson
Letters typeset
Reprinted In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #1 (June 1990).

12 page Batman story "The Murders of Clayface"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Julie Madison; Mr. Bentley; Ned Norton; Lorna Dane [D]; Fred Walker [D]; Clayface I [Basil Karlo] (villain, I); Roxy Brenner (villain).
Synopsis Learning that Julie has become a movie actress, Bruce and Dick head over to the studio to meet with her. However, a series of events leads Bruce to believe something bad is going to happen, which it does, and the Batman must lend a hand to stop a killer known as Clayface.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Bob Kane (signed)
Inks Bob Kane (signed); Jerry Robinson (backgrounds)
Letters Jerry Robinson
Notes Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 2-18-09.
Reprinted In Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #73-168329; in The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #1 (June 1990).

6 page Spy story "The Forgarian Ball"

Characters Bart Regan; Burdini.
Genre adventure
Script Jerry Siegel?
Pencils Maurice Kashuba (signed)
Inks Maurice Kashuba (signed)

8 page Red Logan story "An American Reporter in London"

Characters Red Logan
Genre adventure
Pencils Ken Ernst
Inks Ken Ernst

6 page The Crimson Avenger story "The Mysterious Rays"

Characters The Crimson Avenger (in hat and cape, Lee Travis); Wing; Mac.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Lehti (signed)
Pencils Jack Lehti (signed)
Inks Jack Lehti (signed)

6 page Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator story "The Jewel Robbers"

Characters Speed Saunders
Genre detective
Script Gardner F. Fox?
Pencils Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inks Fred Guardineer (signed)
Letters Fred Guardineer

2 page text story "Theft at the Fair"

Genre adventure
Script Gardner F. Fox (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Story continues in Detective #41.

6 page Steve Malone, District Attorney story "The Prodigy"

Characters Steve Malone; Fuhlra.
Genre detective
Pencils Don Lynch (signed)
Inks Don Lynch (signed)

6 page Cliff Crosby story "The New Plane"

Characters Cliff Crosby; Bridgeman; Les Sharron.
Genre adventure
Script Chad Grothkopf
Pencils Chad Grothkopf
Inks Chad Grothkopf
Letters Chad Grothkopf

8 page Slam Bradley story "The Murder of Slugger Carmen"

Characters Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Luigi Barrati; Carlo Pimento.
Genre detective
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Howard Sherman (signed)
Inks Howard Sherman (signed)
Letters Howard Sherman