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CATALOG RECORD

Detective Comics #58

DC · Series began 1937 · December 1941

Dates

Cover date
December 1941
On sale
October 21, 1941
Pages
68

Editions and covers

Facsimile reprints exist

Detective Comics 58 (Facsimile Edition) (2023). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.

Creators

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

Stories

  • One of the Most Perfect Frame-Ups of All Time!! · 13 pages

    While visiting an art gallery, Bruce and Dick hear that three paintings have disappeared. Later, a series of other robberies lead the Batman to be accused of criminal actions by a Mr. Boniface, and Commissioner Gordon issues a warrant for his arrest.

  • The Case of the Frightened Sister · 6 pages
  • Vacation at Lake Cobalt · 6 pages
  • The Cigarette Murder · 6 pages
  • Hill Hate · 1.25 pages
  • Smith and Smythe · 4 pages
  • Murder in the Metropolitan Hotel · 6 pages
  • Everything Happens to Slam! · 8 pages

Characters

Speed Saunders

Reprinted in

Detective Comics 58 (Facsimile Edition) (2023), The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (1989), The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (1989), Batman Archives (1990), The Batman Chronicles (2005), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015), Batman: The Golden Age (2016), Batman Arkham: Penguin (2018), The Penguin Special (2024)

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.