Comic Title: Detective Comics #81
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1943
Approx. On Sale Date: September 24, 1943 Copyright Date September 21, 1943
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1943
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: 56
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Case of the Deceased Ham"
Pages: 8

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

Artist: Howard Sherman

Feature Character(s)

• Slam Bradley (last appearance in Detective Comics #80; next appearance in Detective Comics #82)

Supporting Character(s)

• Shorty Morgan (last appearance in Detective Comics #80; next appearance in Detective Comics #82)

Villain(s)

• Roxy Grogan and his gang (Slim named; no further appearances)
• An unnamed cameraman (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Gaynor (an actor; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Rimsky Zaharoff (a director; no further appearances)
• Cynthia (an actress; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Slam is hired to be an adviser on a Hollywood movie set. During the production, the leading man is shot and killed. Slam follows a suspect to the Double X ranch. He apprehends Roxy Grogan, who wanted Gaynor dead, but he didn't kill him. Slam returns to the set where he finds a gun concealed in the camera. The cameraman is then arrested for the murder.