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CATALOG RECORD

Detective Comics #62

DC · Series began 1937 · April 1942

Dates

Cover date
April 1942
On sale
February 21, 1942
Pages
68

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Fred Ray, Jerry Robinson, Bob Kane, Henry Boltinoff, Pierce Rice, Tom McNamara, Jack Lehti, Lee Harris, Cliff Young, Ray McGill, Howard Shermaninks: Jerry Robinson, George Roussos, Henry Boltinoff, Arturo Cazeneuve, Tom McNamara, Charles Paris, Cliff Young, Ray McGill, Howard Shermanscript: Josette Frank, Bill Finger, Henry Boltinoff, Tom McNamara, Jack Lehti, Edgar Weston, Ray McGillletters: Henry Boltinoff, Tom McNamara, Charles Paris, Ray McGill, Howard Sherman

Stories

  • Laugh, Town, Laugh! · 13 pages

    Comedian Happy Hanson passes away, but leaves behind a strange will. A clause states that 5 top-notch comedians have the chance to tell the funniest joke in a contest, thereby winning clues Hanson has left leading to a fabulous fortune. Then...the Joker enters the contest and all bets are off!

  • The Counterfeiters · 6 pages
  • The Adventure of the Champagne Corks · 6 pages
  • The Case of the Crazy Crimes · 10 pages
  • Mr. Mystery · 7 pages

    Vine Springs receives a huge entitlement for a defense industry plant that the criminal element is interested in making money off of.

  • The Thief · 1.75 pages
  • The Case of the Murdered Commander · 6 pages
  • Hogan's Happy Hollow! · 8 pages

Reprinted in

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

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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