Comic Title: Detective Comics #16
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: June 1938
Approx. On Sale Date: May 19, 1938 Copyright Date May 10, 1938
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1938
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: Vincent A. Sullivan

Title: (The Broadway Bandit)
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Joe Shuster

Feature Character(s)

• Slam Bradley (last appearance in Detective Comics #15; next appearance in Detective Comics #17)

Supporting Character(s)

• Shorty Morgan (last appearance in Detective Comics #15; next appearance in Detective Comics #17)

Villain(s)

• Broadway Bandit (Boris Desmond; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Captain Drake (a police officer; no further appearances)
• Mr. Farrell (a theatre owner; no further appearances)
• Joan Carter (a female detective; no further appearances)
• Sergeant Gage (last appearance in Detective Comics #15; next appearance in Detective Comics #18)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

This story takes place on and around June 9, 1938.

Synopsis:
Slam and Shorty join a broadway show to catch a bandit working inside the show. Joan Carter, a female detective, follows Slam trying to solve the case herself. After Slam is unable to solve the case, he is fired by the theatre owner. While retrieving their belongings, Shorty stumbles across evidence proving that Boris Desmond is the Broadway Bandit. Before he can warn Slam, Shorty is slugged by Joan, seeking to capture the crook herself. The bandit nearly kills her, but Slam arrives in time to save her life and apprehend Desmond.