Comic Title: Detective Comics #39
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: May 1940
Approx. On Sale Date: April 4, 1940 Copyright Date April 5, 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

Notes:
The cover to this issue was intended for Detective Comics #38 as the scene depicted appeared in that issue.

Title: (No Title)
Pages: 10

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Dennis Neville

Feature Character(s)

• Slam Bradley (last appearance in Detective Comics #38; next appearance in Detective Comics #40)

Supporting Character(s)

• Shorty Morgan (last appearance in Detective Comics #38; next appearance in Detective Comics #40)

Villain(s)

• The Apache Gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Agents of the French government (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Slam and Shorty are given an assignment to protect a valuable gem from thieves. When the thieves are unable to get the jewel from Bradley, they kidnap the owner. Slam is then lured into a trap, but he turns the tables on the thieves. He protects the gem and rescues the owner.

The gem's owner then reveals that the jewel is a fake, and Slam was set up as part of an elaborate test. The man explains that he is an agent of the French government and wants to hire Bradley to guard a jewel shipment oversees. Slam and Shorty then fly to France.

When the detectives arrive, they are captured by the Apache Gang. Then disguised as Bradley, the thieves steal some jewels. Slam escapes, but he is now wanted by the authorities. Slam and Shorty track down and apprehend the crooks. The jewels are recovered, and Slam's name is cleared.