Comic Title: Detective Comics #43
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 1940
Approx. On Sale Date: August 6, 1940 Copyright Date August 2, 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 #42; next appearance in Detective Comics #44)

Supporting Character(s)

• Shorty Morgan (last appearance in Detective Comics #42; next appearance in Detective Comics #44)

Villain(s)

• Gregor Winters and two hired killers (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Jessica Mason and Gerard Winters (an heiress and her uncle; no further appearances)
• An unnamed boater (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Slam and Shorty rescue a girl, whose boat is capsized by a speedboat. They pursue the men who caused the accident, then help the girl, Jessica Mason, back to her house. Jessica is an heiress and fears her uncle Gerard. When they reach the house, Gerard is working with the men who crashed into Jessica's boat. They try to kill Jessica again, but Slam comes to the rescue again. Slam discovers that Gerard is an imposter. He rescues the real Gerard, then apprehends the crooks, who were out to steal Jessica's estate.