Comic Title: Detective Comics #145
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: March 1949
On Sale Date: January 21, 1949 Copyright Date January 19, 1949
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1949
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.

Newsstand Date January 21, 1949
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V3 #11

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "His Highness, King Shorty"
Pages: 7

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

Artist: Howard Sherman

Feature Character(s)

• Slam Bradley (last appearance in Detective Comics #144; next appearance in Detective Comics #146)

Supporting Character(s)

• Shorty Morgan (last appearance in Detective Comics #144; next appearance in Detective Comics #146)

Villain(s)

• The King's prime minister and his men (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• King Abdul (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Shorty is recruited to stand-in for King Abdul, a visiting foreign leader. Assassins attempt to kill Shorty believing him to be the real king. Slam helps Shorty survive. Slam then exposed the king's minister as the leader of the assassins. The king awards Slam and Shorty with medals for stopping the assassination plot.