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Detective Comics, #39

Published: May 1940

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Redrawn for the cover of Pif-Paf: El Campeón de la Historieta (Editorial Tor, 1939 series) #54.

The Horde of the Green Dragon!
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The kidnapping of two millionaires and the murder (with a hatchet) of a chauffeur leads the Batman into Chinatown to battle the Green Dragon and their dealings in opium.

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Strip titled in this issue as "The Sensation Adventures of the Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder." The last panel (illustrated) at the end of the story touts the next villain for the Batman: Clayface!

The Chauffeur Spy
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Cobra on the Loose
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Switch the Switch
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Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathon Swift
The Case of the Siva Statue
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Morton Hijacking & Co.
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Larson's Boy Gets Kidnapped
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White Trap
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Pseudonym verified by Jerry Bails.

The French Impersonation

Story Featuring Slam Bradley

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Here It Is!

Story Featuring Batman

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Full page promotional house advertisement, with cover, for Batman #1 (Spring 1940).

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Back cover.

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Inside back cover.

Scrambled Household Words
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On the second page of the text story.

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A few small ads on the second page of the text story.

Stamp Items
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Page includes many small ads from stamps dealers.

How a Brand-New Bike Came to "Newsy" Mike
Superman Is on the Radio!

"Sponsored by the makers of Force over the following stations:"

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The ad promotes 12 stations in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island airing the Superman radio show, along with times and days, sponsored by Force cereal.

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On the bottom of the last page of the preceding story sequence. This ad is similar to the one that ran originally in Action Comics #24 except for a change in sponsor.

The "Big Six" Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field!
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Inside front cover.