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Detective Comics #57

DC · Series began 1937 · November 1941

Dates

Cover date
November 1941
On sale
September 20, 1941
Pages
68

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Bob Kane, Ed Moore, Jack Lehti, Chad Grothkopf, Cliff Young, Ed Winiarski, Stan Kaye, Don Lynch, Howard Sherman, Fred Harmaninks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos, Ed Moore, Charles Paris, Chad Grothkopf, Cliff Young, Ed Winiarski, Stan Kaye, Don Lynch, Howard Sherman, Fred Harmanscript: Whitney Ellsworth, Bill Finger, Josette Frank, Jack Lehti, Chad Grothkopf, Norman Goss, John Hiltonletters: George Roussos, Charles Paris, Chad Grothkopf

Stories

  • Another Message to Our Readers · 1 pages

    Biographies of two more members of DC's Editorial Advisory Board are featured.

  • Twenty-Four Hours to Live! · 13 pages

    Jasper Sneed has been given an oriental poison, a poison that will kill him within 24 hours and for which there is no known cure. The Batman investigates and discovers the man's twin brother has committed the foul deed.

  • The Fencer · 6 pages
  • The Carson Kidnapping Case · 5 pages

    Lee Travis is accused of being involved in a kidnapping.

  • The Adventure of the "Spider Girl" · 6 pages
  • The Case of Double Trouble · 6 pages
  • Murder in the Tropics · 6 pages
  • Retribution · 1 pages
  • The White Death · 0.67 pages
  • The Jones Case · 6 pages
  • The Case of the Talking Dummy! · 8 pages

Reprinted in

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

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