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: 8

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Howard Sherman

Feature Character(s)

• Slam Bradley (last appearance in Detective Comics #44; next appearance in Detective Comics #46)

Supporting Character(s)

• Shorty Morgan (last appearance in Detective Comics #44; next appearance in Detective Comics #46)

Villain(s)

• Walter Ransom and his gang (Simpson and Drake named; racketeers; no further appearances)
• Tiger Krall (a boxer; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Janet Pierce (a reporter; no further appearances)
• Mrs. Wallace (a charity benefactor; no further appearances)
• An unnamed district attorney (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Slam and Shorty believe that the money being collected at a charity boxing event is being taken by racketeers. The local district attorney leads them to Walter Ransom, the event organizer and his benefactor Mrs. Wallace. Slam and Shorty also discover watered down milk that is being sold to Wallace at high prices.

Slam and Shorty continue to find evidence against the racketeers. They are helped by reporter Janet Pierce who provides them with books detailing the criminal operation. When Slam attends another charity boxing match, he is nearly killed. However, he manages to expose Ransom and the rest of the gang before turning them over to the police and district attorney.