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Issue: Detective Comics #34
Publication Date: December 1939
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Issues: #34 of 883 Issues (1380 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/30/1939
Volume: 3
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date and volume number found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 4. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 435265. The volume number is not found in the comic itself.
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Disclose Format
Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint; glossy
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Crimson Avenger
Character(s): The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; The Batman [Bruce Wayne] (inset)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCrimson Avenger #1 published June 1988
as Detective Comics #34 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]redrawn
In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #1 [First Printing] published July 1990
as Cover - Detective Comics #34 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Chronicles #1 [First Printing] published May 2005
as Detective Comics #34 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
First Line: You're accused of stealin' $580,000,000,000...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Peril in Paris

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Charles Maire (Karel's brother); Karel Maire; Duc D'orterre (villain, master of the Apaches, introduction, death); some Apaches (villains)
Synopsis: After Bruce Wayne runs into a man with no face, as the Batman he learns of a sinister man responsible for it, who wants the man's money and his sister.
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In Content Item: FlagBatman #1 [Cover Number with Period] published January 1940
as The Legend of the Batman--Who He Is and How He Came to Be! [Story on Interior Page(s)]splash panel
In Content Item: FlagBatman Archives #1 [First Printing] published July 1990
as Peril in Paris [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Batman Chronicles #1 [First Printing] published May 2005
as Peril in Paris [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: This story directly follows the story line in issue #32.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Whatt A. Knutt
Character(s): Whatt A. Knutt
First Line: Aha! At last! My formula for a 'headache gas'...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Chemcraft
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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The Ambassador to Bolaria

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Spy
Character(s): Bart Regan; Ambassador Reynolds
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Last Trick

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Buck Marshall, Range Detective
Character(s): Buck Marshall
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Scientific Interrogation Aids Detectives to Trace Criminals

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Crime Never Pays
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Pages: 1
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Printing Press Honored

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Detective Stamp Page
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.
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The Cleaner Protective Association

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Steve Malone, District Attorney
Character(s): Steve Malone; Happy; Mario
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Several small ads in the left-hand column of the first page of the text story.
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Swift Justice

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox [as Paul Dean] (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.33
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Several small ads on the right-hand column of the second page of the text story.
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The Spy Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator
Character(s): Speed Saunders
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Secret Treaty

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise
Character(s): Cosmo; Tom Burke
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The G-Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The White Goddess

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Bruce Nelson
Character(s): Bruce Nelson; Mambu; the White Goddess
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Continued next issue.
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The Vacation

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; James Kildare; Boris Borscht
Synopsis: Slam and Shorty take their reward money and go on a nice ocean vacation, until their ship is blown out of the water by an enemy submarine.
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Pages: 10
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Flash Comics
First Line: Like a comet across the comic sky...
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wilson Chem. Co.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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