Comic Title: Detective Comics #44
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1940
Approx. On Sale Date: September 3, 1940 Copyright Date August 30, 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 #43; next appearance in Detective Comics #45)

Supporting Character(s)

• Wing (last appearance in Detective Comics #41; next appearance in Detective Comics #46)

Villain(s)

• A criminal scientist (no further appearances)
• A gorilla, a lion, and several snakes (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• An unnamed woman (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story introduces the Crimson Avenger's new costume, which includes a cape.

Synopsis:
The Crimson Avenger investigates a series of kidnapping near a bridge. He witnesses a woman being taken and follows the car to a remote laboratory. The kidnapper intends to use the woman as an unwilling subject for his experiments. The Crimson Avenger must defeat a gorilla and a lion in order to rescue the girl. He then throws the scientist into a pit of snakes to subdue him.