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Detective Comics, #17

Published: July 1938

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Issue Contents:
Credits
The Snake Death

"I have called you in, Saunders..."

Characters
Other
Credits
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. Guardineer signs in the final panel.

"Gosh! The Black Mask Gang..."

Storyline

Oscar receives a note telling him of the whereabouts of the Black Hand Gang, notorious bank robbers. He and a squad of police advance on a shack, kick in the door, and find a gang of kids who are amused that the cops have fallen for their prank.

Credits
The Maine Castle Mystery, Part 1

"Mr. Steele, there's a Mr. Graham from Hollywood to see you--"

Credits
Von Ruyter's Explosive Gun

"Van Ruyter has, after two years..."

Storyline

Von Ruyter has invented a new form of high explosive gun. Tests for the War Department are spectacular, and they ask permission to install a battery of guns in one of their Pacific possessions. The plans are stolen, however, and his friend Cosmo goes off to investigate, finally uncovering the Russian Countess De Mornay. She gets away with false plans Cosmo has planted. The diagram shows the monkey cage in the Bronx Zoo, and the formula is that for castor oil.

Credits
Story Notes

story in black and white

The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Part 1

"Imagine a man, tall, lean and cat-like..."

Credits
Story Notes

Adapted from The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer; also reprinted in Wow -- What a Magazine! (Henle Publications, 1936 series) #1-4. The daily strip ran in newspapers in 1930 and 1931.

The Hooded Hordes
Credits
Story Notes

story title from next issue blurb in previous issue

Disaster on the Diamond
Credits
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 Coolie Smugglers [Part 1]
Credits
The Right Trail
Credits
Story Notes

story in black and white

Slam Bradley Gets the Air
Characters
Other
Credits
Credits
Story Notes

inside back cover

Broadcast thru Your Radio Talk - Sing - Play
Story Notes

Back cover mail order ad from Johnson Smith and Company, Dept. 8N7, Detroit, Michigan.

Swelegant Is the Word for It!
Credits
Story Notes

inside front cover