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TITLE:
The Case of the Chemical Syndicate
COVER DATE:
May, 1939
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Bob Kane
INKER:
Bob Kane
EDITORS:
Vincent A. Sullivan
COVER:
Bob Kane
PRICE: $.10 U.S.
CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne);
Commissioner James Gordon
PLOT:
Commissioner Gordon receives a call telling him that Old Lambert, the chemical king, has been murdered. Gordon leaves for the crime scene bringing his millionaire friend Bruce Wayne. The prime suspect is Lambert’s son, but the boy claims to have found his father stabbed. A telephone call from Steven Crane, one of Lambert’s partners, reveals that Lambert’s life had been threatened.
Crane is also murdered by two thugs, who also steal a contract. They are confronted by a masked man on a rooftop, the Batman. Batman dispatches the hoods in short order, recovering the contract which leads him to the laboratory of another of Lambert’s partners, Alfred Stryker.
Stryker is being visited by the final partner, Paul Rogers. Rogers is knocked out and nearly killed by Stryker’s assistant, Jennings. Batman arrives in time to save the man and stop Jennings. Stryker also tries to kill Rogers to protect himself from the knowledge that he made secret contracts with the partners for control of the Apex Chemical Corporation. Batman rescues Rogers again, and knocks Stryker into a vat of acid, killing him.
TITLE:
The Killers of Kurdistan
WRITER:
Unknown
ARTIST:
Fred Guardineer
INKER:
Fred Guardineer
CHARACTERS:
Speed Saunders
PLOT:
N/A
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TITLE:
Bullet Bluff
WRITER:
Homer Fleming
ARTIST:
Homer Fleming
INKER:
Homer Fleming
CHARACTERS:
Buck Marshall
PLOT:
N/A
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TITLE:
The Mysterious Murders
WRITER:
The Mysterious Murders
ARTIST:
Joe Shuster
INKER:
Joe Shuster
CHARACTERS:
Bart Regan, Spy
PLOT:
N/A
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TITLE:
Murder on the Oceanic Line Docks
WRITER:
Jim Chambers
ARTIST:
Jim Chambers
INKER:
Jim Chambers
CHARACTERS:
Crimson Avenger; Wing
PLOT:
Crimson Avenger investigates the murders of a night club owner and a photographer. The trail leads to notorious gambler Mike Moran, who killed the night club owner for gambling debts. Moran gets the drop on the Crimson, but fails to notice that the phone is off the hook, allowing the operator to hear his confession. Moran is caught and the Crimson escapes.
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TITLE:
The New Orleans Mardi Gras Murder
WRITER:
Tom Hickey
ARTIST:
Tom Hickey
INKER:
Tom Hickey
CHARACTERS:
Bruce Nelson
PLOT:
N/A
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TITLE:
The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu
WRITER:
Sax Rohmer
ARTIST:
Leo E. O'Mealia
INKER:
Leo E. O'Mealia
CHARACTERS:
Dr. Fu Manchu
PLOT:
N/A
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TITLE:
Cosmo the Phantom of Disguise
WRITER:
Unknown
ARTIST:
Sven Elven
INKER:
Sven Elven
CHARACTERS:
Cosmo the Phantom of Disguise
PLOT:
N/A
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TITLE:
Plain Clothes Pete
WRITER:
Russell Cole
ARTIST:
Russell Cole
INKER:
Russell Cole
CHARACTERS:
Unknown
PLOT:
N/A
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TITLE:
The Murderer on Vacation
WRITER:
Jerry Siegel
ARTIST:
Joe Shuster
INKER:
Joe Shuster
CHARACTERS:
Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan
PLOT:
Slam Bradley and Shorty are run off the road by Blackjack Benson, a notorious felon. Slam stops the crook and rescues FBI man, Dick Kelly. Benson is arrested but later breaks jail pursued by Kelly.
When Kelly fails to return, Slam goes in search of his new friend. They track him to Switzerland where they find Benson hiding with his brother Helger. The crooks try to kill Slam and Shorty as they have already done with Kelly, but Slam escapes and arrests Benson. Blackjack Benson is then sent to the electric chair.
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