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Detective Comics, #16

Published: June 1938

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Issue Contents:
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The Case of the Missing Corpse

"At a lonely cemetary..."

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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. Most of the inking here is of a lighter and more delicate nature than Flessel's usual style.

Black Tony Barmacino: Dictator of the Dope Dynasty
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Compare the art style with the subsequent, signed, story.

The Plot to Kill Larry Steele, Part 2

"Larry was kidnapped..."

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The National Museum Mystery

"Late one night..."

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Too Many Crooks, Part 3

"Mr. Parsons and I..."

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The Tattoo Trap
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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.

A Traitor in Our Midst

"Valuable secret orders have been vanishing..."

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"Fingerprint" Farson, the Plain Clothes Man
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Trading Trouble
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The Broadway Bandit

"Help! - Pol --!"

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Story Notes

story title from next issue blurb in previous issue

"Flash! Here's a new magazine you can't afford to miss!"

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inside front cover

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back cover

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inside back cover