Comic Title: Detective Comics #38
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: April 1940
Approx. On Sale Date: March 5, 1940 Copyright Date March 6, 1940
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1940
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth

Title: (No Title)
Pages: 10

Feature(s):
Slam Bradley (of Earth-1)

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Dennis Neville

Reprinted In:
Millennium Edition:Detective Comics 38 (#18) (2000)
Detective Comics (Facsimile Edition) #38 (2020)
Detective Comics (Facsimile Edition) #38 [Second Printing] (2023)

Feature Character(s)

• Slam Bradley (last appearance in Detective Comics #37; next appearance in Detective Comics #39)

Supporting Character(s)

• Shorty Morgan (last appearance in Detective Comics #37; next appearance in Detective Comics #39)

Villain(s)

• An unnamed janitor (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Residents of an apartment building (Tommy Crane named; no further appearances)
• A group of firemen (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Slam Bradley and Shorty arrive on the scene of a burning apartment building. They rush inside to save the residents of the building along with the janitor. While making a daring rescue of a crippled boy, Slam finds evidence that proves the janitor started the fire. After all the people are rescued, Slam confronts the janitor and has him arrested.