Comic Title: Detective Comics #106
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1945
On Sale Date: October 24, 1945 Newsstand Date October 24, 1945
Source: House Ad, Sensation Comics #48, Page IFC,
Flash Comics #68, Page IFC

Copyright Date October 22, 1945
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1945
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: 48
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Legal Pickpockets"
Pages: 7

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

Penciller: Howard Sherman
Inker: John Daly

Feature Character(s)

• Slam Bradley (last appearance in Detective Comics #105; next appearance in Detective Comics #107)

Supporting Character(s)

• Shorty Morgan (last appearance in Detective Comics #105; next appearance in Detective Comics #107)

Villain(s)

• The Dipper and his gang (Loopy and Tim named; pickpockets; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A wave of pickpocketing strikes the city. Slam and Shorty witness a man getting his pocket picked and intervene. However, when they capture the crook, the victim claims that his pocket wasn't picked. Slam is forced to turn the thief loose.

Later Slam witnesses another pickpocketing attempt. Once again he stops the crime only to have the victim vouch for the thief. Puzzled, Slam follows the thief back to his hide-out where he finds master pickpocket, the Dipper. Slam is caught by the crooks, but escapes his bonds and manages to subdue the gang. He also learns that the pickpocket victims were part of the gang. The thefts were part of training operations for the crooks.