Comic Title: Detective Comics #66
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1942
Approx. On Sale Date: June 24, 1942 Copyright Date June 20, 1942
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1942
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
Contains: Ownership Statement
Editor: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth

Title: "Case of the Dripping Drum"
Pages: 8

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

Artist: Howard Sherman

Feature Character(s)

• Slam Bradley (last appearance in Detective Comics #65; next appearance in Detective Comics #67)

Supporting Character(s)

• Shorty Morgan (last appearance in Detective Comics #65; next appearance in Detective Comics #67)

Villain(s)

• Foxy Louie and his gang (no further appearances)
• Max (a smuggler; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Boris Sergi (a symphony conductor; no further appearances)
• Merinski (a drummer; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Slam Bradley and his partner Shorty Morgan attend the orchestra of Boris Sergi. During the performance, the drummer strikes a kettle drum, but instead of a loud boom it makes a soft plink noise. The conductor is so angry he stops the music to berate the drummer.

Slam and Shorty break up the fight only to find gangster Foxy Louie and his gang on the scene. Slam fights the crooks and chases them away, but the drum disappears during the commotion.

Later that night Slam has a realization that the drum was being used to smuggle contraband into the country. He returns to the music hall where Louie is retrieving the smuggled goods from other instruments. Slam stops him and puts an end to the smuggling operation. The conductor then offers to compose a symphony in Slam's honor.