Comic Title: Detective Comics #42
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1940
Approx. On Sale Date: July 4, 1940 Copyright Date July 3, 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

Title: (No Title)
Pages: 8

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Howard Sherman

Feature Character(s)

• Slam Bradley (last appearance in Detective Comics #41; next appearance in Detective Comics #43)

Supporting Character(s)

• Shorty Morgan (last appearance in Detective Comics #41; next appearance in Detective Comics #43)

Villain(s)

• A gang of jewel thieves (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Officer Callahan (no further appearances)
• A watchman (dies in this story; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Officer Callahan stops a jewel robbery, but a watchman is killed by the crooks. The killer is convicted, so his gang tries to discredit Callahan. Slam and Shorty help Callahan survive several assassination attempts. Shorty is kidnapped by the crooks, forcing Slam and Callahan to rescue him. Working together the trio of crimefighters stop another jewel robbery and force the crooks to confess their plan to discredit the police officer.