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Detective Comics #45

DC · Series began 1937 · November 1940

Dates

Cover date
November 1940
On sale
September 27, 1940
Pages
68

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Bob Kane, Ed Moore, Fred Harman, Jack Lehti, Ed Winiarski, Fred Ray, Don Lynch, Chad Grothkopf, Howard Sherman, Howard Purcell, Jack Burnleyinks: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, George Roussos, Ed Moore, Fred Harman, Jack Lehti, Ed Winiarski, Fred Ray, Don Lynch, Wayne Boring, Chad Grothkopf, Howard Sherman, Howard Purcell, Jack Burnleyscript: Bill Finger, Jerry Siegel, Jack Lehti, Clem Gordon, Chad Grothkopfletters: George Roussos, Chad Grothkopf, Howard Sherman

Stories

  • The Case of the Laughing Death! · 13 pages

    The Joker returns to polish off his enemies, starting with the D.A., then sets his sights on a $500,000 green jade Buddha.

  • Glover Green · 6 pages
  • "The Voice of the City" by O. Henry · 0.5 pages
  • The Lady Cabdriver · 6 pages
  • The Agita-Pulverizo Ray · 5.9 pages
  • The Bowling Bowl Bombers · 6 pages

    Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator

  • Open Evidence · 1.67 pages
  • The Airplane Murder · 6 pages

    Steve Malone, District Attorney

  • Murder at the Polo Games · 6 pages

    Young America's Hero, Cliff Crosby

  • The Charity Racket · 8 pages

Characters

Bruce WayneBatmanDick GraysonRobinJokerThe Crimson AvengerLee TravisSlam BradleySpeed SaundersShorty MorganBart ReganLarry SteeleSteve MaloneCliff Crosby

Reprinted in

Batman Archives (1990), The Batman Chronicles (2005), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015), Batman: The War Years 1939-1945 (2015), Batman: The Golden Age (2016)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

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