Comic Title: Detective Comics #116
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1946
Approx. On Sale Date: August 21, 1946 Copyright Date August 19, 1946
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1946-1947
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: 48
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "Tonic for Trouble"
Pages: 6

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

Artist: John Daly

Feature Character(s)

• Slam Bradley (last appearance in Detective Comics #115; next appearance in Detective Comics #117)

Supporting Character(s)

• Shorty Morgan (last appearance in Detective Comics #115; next appearance in Detective Comics #117)

Villain(s)

• Three unnamed crooks (no further appearances)

Comments:
Slam mentions Superman in this story.

Synopsis:
Shorty and Slam attend a demonstration of a new health tonic. The salesmen claim it gives a man increased strength, but Slam believes it to be a scam. Shorty receives a free bottle and drinks it. The potion immediately puts him to sleep.

Slam realizes that the salesmen are giving the tonic away, then robbing the men who drink it while they sleep off its effects. Slam and Shorty confront the crooks. They fail in their first attempt, but succeed in apprehending them on their second try.