Comic Title: Detective Comics #39
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: May 1940
Approx. On Sale Date: April 4, 1940 Copyright Date April 5, 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

Notes:
The cover to this issue was intended for Detective Comics #38 as the scene depicted appeared in that issue.

Title: (No Title)
Pages: 6

Feature(s):
Crimson Avenger (of Earth-2)

Writer/Artist: John Lehti

Feature Character(s)

• Crimson Avenger (last appearance in Detective Comics #38; next appearance in Detective Comics #40)

Supporting Character(s)

• Wing (last appearance in Detective Comics #38; next appearance in Detective Comics #40)
• Mac (last appearance in Detective Comics #38; next appearance in Detective Comics #40)

Villain(s)

• Members of a spy ring (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Several Navy officers (Jenkins named; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
When returning to port a Navy ship encounters a mine and is destroyed. Lee Travis investigates and learns that the mines could only be detonated from a Navy control station. A soldier in charge of the station has been arrested, but Lee believes he is innocent.

When two more Navy ships are scheduled to arrive in port, Lee takes action as the Crimson Avenger. He discovers that a spy ring has built their own controls to detonate the mines. He finds their control station and prevents their act of sabotage. With the spies exposed, the soldier is cleared of wrongdoing.