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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

Values

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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

Publisher’s description

The Joker is up to some musical tricks!

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).

Summaries from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); each links to its article.

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