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CATALOG RECORD

Detective Comics #54

DC · Series began 1937 · August 1941

Dates

Cover date
August 1941
On sale
June 27, 1941
Pages
68

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Bob Kane, Henry Boltinoff, Ed Moore, Cliff Young, Jack Lehti, Fred Ray, Ed Winiarski, Chad Grothkopf, Stan Kaye, Don Lynch, Howard Shermaninks: George Roussos, Jerry Robinson, Henry Boltinoff, Ed Moore, Cliff Young, Charles Paris, Fred Ray, Ed Winiarski, Chad Grothkopf, Stan Kaye, Don Lynch, Howard Shermanscript: Bill Finger, Henry Boltinoff, Jerry Siegel, Josette Frank, Jack Lehti, Chad Grothkopf, Sidney Drewletters: George Roussos, Henry Boltinoff, Charles Paris, Chad Grothkopf

Stories

  • Hook Morgan and His Harbor Pirates · 13 pages

    When Linda is told that harbor pirates have absconded with special cloth she had ordered, and Bruce notices that cloth is in the window of a store, the Batman takes over to to get to the bottom of the mystery, nearly losing his life in the process.

  • Protecting the Panama Canal · 6 pages
  • Good Movies and Books · 1 pages
  • Robbery at the Bursar's Office · 5 pages
  • The Case of the Bitter Almonds · 6 pages
  • Murder in the Skies · 6 pages
  • Who Killed Major Morley? · 6 pages
  • Without Fear · 1.5 pages
  • Who Killed Holt? · 6 pages
  • Death Under the Big Top! · 8 pages

Publisher’s description

Batman must stop pirates!

Reprinted in

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

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