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Detective Comics #51

DC · Series began 1937 · May 1941

Dates

Cover date
May 1941
On sale
March 28, 1941
Pages
68

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Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Bob Kane, Ed Moore, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Lehti, Cliff Young, Ed Winiarski, Chad Grothkopf, Don Lynch, Howard Sherman, Fred Harmaninks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos, Ed Moore, Henry Boltinoff, Charles Paris, Cliff Young, Ed Winiarski, Chad Grothkopf, Don Lynch, Howard Sherman, Fred Harmanscript: Bill Finger, Jerry Siegel, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Lehti, Chad Grothkopf, John Woodley, Clem Gordonletters: George Roussos, Henry Boltinoff, Charles Paris, Chad Grothkopf

Stories

  • The Case of the Mystery Carnival · 13 pages

    Bruce and Dick visit an amusement park owned and operated by a friend of theirs, but when the Colonel brushes off his old friends, Batman and Robin smell a rat and discover that some crooks have taken over the amusement park.

  • This Is Sabotage · Spy · 6 pages

    The Tonville Dam has been sabotaged.

  • The Kidnaping of Wilfred Van Dorn · 5 pages
  • The Adventure of the Sweet Scent · 6 pages
  • The Phelps Twins · 6 pages
  • Racing with Death! · 6 pages
  • Killer's Mistake · 0.75 pages
  • Tam Sawyer Abroad by Mark Twain · Book Review · 0.25 pages
  • Scene of the Crime · 1 pages
  • Opening Night at the Broadview · 6 pages
  • Broadway Opening Night · 8 pages

Publisher’s description

Batman goes to the amusment park to stop a treacherous crime!

Reprinted in

Batman Archives (1990), The Batman Chronicles (2005), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015), Batman: The Golden Age (2016)

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