Comic Title: Detective Comics #42
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1940
Approx. On Sale Date: July 4, 1940 Copyright Date July 3, 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: 6

Feature(s):
Crimson Avenger (of Earth-2)

Writer/Artist: John Lehti

Feature Character(s)

• Crimson Avenger (last appearance in Detective Comics #41; next appearance in Detective Comics #43)

Supporting Character(s)

• Mac (last appearance in Detective Comics #41; next appearance in Detective Comics #45)

Villain(s)

• A group of criminal masterminds (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• An unnamed girl (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Lee Travis witnesses the kidnapping of a young woman. He follows the kidnappers who disappear into a blind alley. Later that night the Crimson returns to the alley and uncovers a secret passage. He follows the tunnel and finds the girl in the hands of several criminal masterminds. The Crimson is surprised from behind and thrown in a well. He manages to escape, gas the crooks, and rescue the girl. He then returns to the office and prints the story in his newspaper.