Detective Comics, #11

Published: January 1938

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Man climbing up a rope about to be cut.

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The Anarchist Submarine Plot

"The fleet's in!"

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The fleet is at anchor in New York Harbor. A plot is uncovered to destroy the reef at the harbor entrance, thus stranding the ships. Speed puts on a diving suit and gets dropped from a plane near to the reef. On the sea bottom he finds a submarine and enters through a hatch. He holds the saboteurs at gunpoint, but they overpower him, tie him to a post and escape. With the clock ticking down, the sub begins to surface. With only a minute to go, Speed escapes the sub just before it blows up. No damage has been done.

Story Notes

We formerly credited the script of this story to Gardner Fox, but in an interview in Alter Ego #20 (June 2003), he stated that his first comic story, sold in March 1938, appeared in Detective Comics #18.

The Power Behind "Machine Gun" Kelly
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The Nick Orsatti Case, Part 2

"Larry leaves James Wilkes at his home..."

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Leaving James Wilkes safely at his home, Larry and the police set off to the royal Club to arrest Nick Orsatti, who escapes out of a back door. He drives to an apartment building which he owns, and descends into the cellar. Later, Larry goes back to the club, but is captured at gun point by one of Orsatti's henchmen, who drives him to his boss.

The Phony Murder of Sir Fenton Carsley

"How about dinner at the club this evening..."

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Cosmo is in England visiting his old friend Inspector Burke of Scotland Yard. A report of a body dragged from the River Thames comes in, and the pair arrive at the wharf to find a body whose face has been smashed in. His wallet contents reveal that he is Sir Fenton Carsley. Cosmo casts doubts on the identification. Calling on Sir Fenton's niece Phyllis that evening he discovers that on the following day, when she reaches the age of twenty-one, she will inherit all of the estate. Cosmo uncovers a plot by Sir Fenton to cover his bad debts by murdering his niece.

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story in black and white

Bulls Eye

"I guess I'll drop in on old Kramer..."

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Bruce goes to the shop of old Kramer to see if his watch is fixed. The man behind the counter tells him Kramer has gone to Buffalo to his daughter's funeral. Bruce knows that Kramer has no daughter and has spotted the old man's glasses on the counter. He leaves, goes round to the back and breaks in. He finds a gang of men forcing Kramer to open his safe. By various devious tricks, including shooting a bottle of acid on an overhead shelf, he incapacitates them, just as the police arrive.

Incident in Algiers
The Willow Lane Mystery
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The Atlantis Aftermath

"Gaily the Atlantis docks at France..."

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Bart and Sally are met from the boat by the Paris representative of the U.S. Secret Service. Mentioning that they captured an anarchist on board ship and the man draws a gun, telling them he a colleague of the anarchist. Exiting the car they are approached by a gendarme who wants to sell them a lottery ticket. Both the man and Bart buy one, the latter with American currency. In a warehouse Bart and Sally hide behind some crates but the man advances on them with his gun. He is shot by the gendarme who has followed them. Bart explains to Sally that he paid the gendarme with a cigar coupon.

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In the Bag
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story in black and white

The Flying Circus

"Pardon my knuckles..."

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story title from next issue blurb in previous issue

Sir Hubert Wilkens Famous Arctic Explorer
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One incident in the life of Sir Hubert Wilkens, involving a crash landing over the Arctic, an attempt to walk 97 miles to the nearest land over frozen ice, and a fall into the ice where drowning was narrowly avoided by catching the edge of the ice with his ice pick.

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Inside back cover.

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Back cover.

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Inside front cover.

News!
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Inside front cover.