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Detective Comics #5

DC · Series began 1937 · July 1937

first appearance of Larry Steele

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Larry Steele (DC detective) — introduction

Dates

Cover date: July 1937
On sale: June 10, 1937
Pages: 68

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Creig Flessel, Vin Sullivan, Joe Shuster, Homer Fleming, Tom Hickey, Russell Cole, Sven Elven, Bill Ely, Fred Schwabinks: Creig Flessel, Vin Sullivan, Joe Shuster, Homer Fleming, Tom Hickey, Russell Cole, Sven Elven, Bill Ely, Fred Schwabscript: Jerry Siegel, Homer Fleming, Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Whitney Ellsworth, Russell Cole, Bill Ely, Creig Flessel, Fred Schwab

Stories

Undercover in Grade School · 13 pages
In order to help out Slam's sixth grade teacher, Shorty has to go undercover as a student.
The Path of Thorns · 6 pages
Buck and the Sheriff ride to the Warner Ranch, where Jack Darsey has been robbed of the payroll. They eventually discover that Kane, the foreman (real name Lopez, wanted for bank robbery), was responsible.
The Claws of the Red Dragon [Part 5] · 12 pages
Bruce finds Sigrid in a house full of Chinese gangsters but she won't leave until they find her father.
Winged Death · 6 pages
The Elm Park Mystery · 4 pages
The Balinoff Case, Part 5 · 4 pages
Bart finally confesses to Sally why he tried to break off their relationship. After she helps him capture Olga Balinoff, she applies for a job with the same agency Bart works for.
The Dope Torpedo · 6 pages
Cosmo is asked to investigate the smuggling of dope into the country on the ships of the Largo Line. Disguising himself as a Portuguese sailor, he abducts one of the crew. The first mate, finding himself short of a deck-hand, goes ashore and hires Cosmo. Eventually, Cosmo discovers that the captain and mate are using a torpedo gun to fire metal cylinders of dope onto the New Jersey shore.
Mystery of the Wholesale Kidnappings, Part 1 · 6 pages
A Most Fishy Robbery · 6 pages
Speed finds that criminals are smuggling gold inside the bodies of fish.

Characters

Slam BradleySpeed SaundersShorty MorganBart ReganCosmo, the Phantom of DisguiseBruce NelsonLarry SteeleBuck MarshallSally Norris

Reprinted in

Cavalier Comics (1945)