Detective Comics #39

Cover A

CGC Census

Total Graded

9.8 NM/MT

8.0 VF

Reprinted 4x

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.

Cover Date

May 1, 1940

On Sale Date

April 5, 1940

Pages

Cover Price

$0.10

Editor

Whitney Ellsworth

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Credits

Writer

Bill Finger, Chad Grothkopf, Gardner F Fox, Jerry Siegel, John Lehti, Studio Myrtille

Penciller

BOB KANE, Chad Grothkopf, Dennis Neville, Don Lynch, Fred Guardineer, Fred Harman, Joe Shuster, John Lehti, Ken Ernst, Maurice Kashuba, Whitney Ellsworth

Inker

BOB KANE, Chad Grothkopf, Dennis Neville, Don Lynch, Fred Guardineer, Fred Harman, Jerry Robinson, Joe Shuster, John Lehti, Ken Ernst, Maurice Kashuba, Whitney Ellsworth

Letterer

Chad Grothkopf, Fred Guardineer, Jerry Robinson

Cover Artist

BOB KANE

Characters

Henry Crandall (millionaire); John Cobb (millionaire); Cobb's chauffeur (death); Wong (unofficial Mayor of Chinatown, death); The Green Dragon (villains)

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Collected in

Collects

Batman #1