WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Mr. Chang (from Detective Comics) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- April 1937
- On sale
- March 10, 1937
- Pages
- 68
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Skyscraper Death · 13 pages
Following a fight between Slam and Pete Graves, Graves is shot and killed. Slam is arrested but is released. Meanwhile, Shorty hitches a ride on the rear of the suspect lawyer's car, and learns of a plot to terrorize steel workers into joining a crooked union. Graves's sister tries to shoot Slam, but he decides that running is the most sensible option. Shorty is taken to Jinx Tower, where he is thrown off a girder, but is rescued by Slam swinging past on a rope. Slam gets the lawyer to confess everything and gets kissed by Sally Graves as a reward.
- The Sage City Bank Holdup · 6 pages
The Sheriff asks Buck to investigate the blowing up of the dam which supplied water to the Circle B range. En route, Buck finds a dead body with $2,000 in cash. He rides into town to talk to the bank president, Taft, but is knocked out. Later, Taft tells him the town is run by the bully Red Jack. Buck once saved Red Jack's life and he now returns the favor by getting him out of town safely. Buck returns to town that evening and discovers that Taft is the actual crook. He and the sheriff place him and his cronies under arrest.
- The Disappearing Duck · 4 pages
Gus is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a pet duck from the Beekman home. Eventually he finds a letter from the duck (!) telling how she has fallen for screen idol Donald Duck and is heading for Hollywood.
- The Peruvian Mine Murders, Part 2 · 6 pages
Bret is in South America at the request of his friend Tom Bradley, whose workers have been mysteriously dying. He uncovers the plot, orchestrated by American criminal Spider Malone, posing as an Inca chief.
- Room Fifteen · 4 pages
- The Balinoff Case, Part 2 · 4 pages
Regan steals a bronze statue from Olga Balinoff, hoping to find a clue to its meaning. He spurns his flame Sally Norris, and in a fit of pique she agrees to marry Philip Marsden. At the wedding she implores Regan with her eyes to stop the ceremony, but he ignores her.
- G-Man · 2 pages
- The Narcotic Ring · 6 pages
- The Olive Oil Counterfeiters · 6 pages
- The Claws of the Red Dragon, Part 2 · 12 pages
Nelson is dragged off from the restaurant by a gang of Chinese and dumped outside of town. By the time he gets back, the entire restaurant has been cleaned out. His fellow diners have disappeared all together.
Characters
Reprinted in
DC's Greatest Detective Stories Ever Told (2021)