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CATALOG RECORD

Detective Comics #35

DC · Series began 1937 · January 1940

Dates

Cover date
January 1940
On sale
November 30, 1939
Pages
68

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Bob Kane, Sheldon Moldoff, George Papp, Maurice Kashuba, Homer Fleming, Don Lynch, Fred Guardineer, Sven Elven, Tom Hickey, Mart Bailey, Dennis Neville, Joe Shusterinks: Bob Kane, George Papp, Maurice Kashuba, Homer Fleming, Don Lynch, Fred Guardineer, Sven Elven, Tom Hickey, Mart Bailey, Dennis Neville, Joe Shusterscript: Bill Finger, Jerry Siegel, Gardner Fox, Dick Lawlor, Jack Liebowitz, Tom Hickeyletters: Sheldon Moldoff, Fred Guardineer, Joe Shuster

Stories

  • The Case of the Ruby Idol · 12 pages

    The existence of a large ruby in the shape of a hideous figure leads to the death of one man and threatens the life of another, so the Batman enters the fray to battle a weird Hindu cult over it.

  • The Unknown Sub · 6 pages
  • Branded Yellow · 6 pages
  • The Kidnapping Racket · 6 pages
  • Mystery with Music · 1 pages
  • The Voodoo Vengeance · 6 pages
  • Strange Death of Doctor Dupre · 6 pages
  • Cuba Honors Tobacco; Agricultural Series; French Item · 0.33 pages
  • Spanky and Cranky the Twins · 0.67 pages
  • The White Goddess, Part 2 · 6 pages
  • In the Foreign Legion · 10 pages

    Slam and Shorty join the Foreign Legion to track down an American fugitive.

Characters

Bruce WayneBatmanCommissioner James GordonSlam BradleySpeed SaundersShorty MorganBart ReganCosmo, the Phantom of DisguiseBruce NelsonBuck MarshallSteve Malone

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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