Comic Title: Detective Comics #45
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1940
Approx. On Sale Date: October 3, 1940 Copyright Date September 27, 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 #44; next appearance in Detective Comics #46)

Supporting Character(s)

• Mac (last appearance in Detective Comics #42; next appearance in Detective Comics #49)

Villain(s)

• Three unnamed thieves (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Professor Crawford (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Professor Crawford invents a powerful new ray gun capable of destroying anything. The Crimson Avenger decides to protect the gun, since it could be dangerous in the hands of criminals. When he arrives at Crawford's lab, he finds that crooks have beaten him to it and stolen the gun. He follows them to the harbor. He boards their ship and uses the gun on them. He then throws the weapon into the ocean, feeling that it is too powerful to ever be used again.