Comic Title: Detective Comics #53
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: July 1941
Approx. On Sale Date: May 29, 1941 Copyright Date May 28, 1941
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1941
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: 5

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

Writer/Penciller: John Lehti
Inker: Charles Paris

Feature Character(s)

• Crimson Avenger (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #2; next appearance in Detective Comics #54)

Supporting Character(s)

• Wing (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #2; next appearance in Detective Comics #54)

Villain(s)

• Craig and his henchman (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Joe (a newspaper city editor; no further appearances)
• Houlihan (a guard; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Lee Travis tries to gather evidence that a man named Craig has stolen thousands of dollars from the city. He visits the office of the commissioner involved on the case and finds Craig's financial ledger. Lee takes the ledger which seems to be in order until it is accidentally exposed to ulta-violet light. Lee then discovers that the ledger was doctored to hide the stolen money.

Lee phones his newspaper and tells them to print the story. He then visits Craig as the Crimson Avenger. Craig attacks him, but the Avenger prevails. He the leaves the thief and the ledger for the police.