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Detective Comics (1937)The Secret Cavern

byBill FingerWriterChad GrothkopfWriter+33 more
DC ComicsDec 31, 1940USD $0.1068 pages
Key IssueActionAdventure
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A surveyor uncovers a limestone cavern running beneath the nation's gold reserves, and gangsters frame his daughter for murder to force him into revealing the entrance. Bruce Wayne happens to be the young woman's companion the very evening the frame-up is set in motion.

Series
Detective Comics (1937)
Issue Number
#48
Release Date
December 31, 1940
Cover Date
February 1941
Cover Price
USD $0.10
Page Count
68

Series Details

Title
Detective Comics
Publisher
Type
Regular Series
Status
Completed
Run
1937 - 2011
Issues Count
883

Key Issue

  • First mention of of the Batmobile
  • First mention of of Gotham City in Detective Comics

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Creators

Bill Finger

Bill Finger

Writer

Chad Grothkopf

Writer, Penciller, Inker, Letterer

Jerry Siegel

Jerry Siegel

Writer

John Lehti

Writer, Penciller

Bob Kane

Bob Kane

Penciller, Inker, Cover Artist

Ed Moore

Penciller, Inker

Ed Winiarski

Ed Winiarski

Penciller, Inker

Fred Ray

Fred Ray

Penciller, Inker

Howard Sherman

Howard Sherman

Penciller, Inker, Letterer

Joe Shuster

Joe Shuster

Penciller, Inker

Ken Ernst

Penciller, Inker

Steve Brodie

Penciller, Inker

Characters

Wing

Wing

Wing How

Batman

Batman

Bruce Wayne

Dick Grayson

Dick Grayson

Richard John Grayson-Wayne

Bart Regan

Bart Regan

Bartholomew Regan

Crimson Avenger (Travis)

Crimson Avenger (Travis)

Lee Walter Travis

Larry Steele

Larry Steele

Lawrence Steele

Linda Lewis

Linda Lewis

Linda Lewis

Shorty Morgan

Shorty Morgan

Shorty Morgan

Slam Bradley

Slam Bradley

Samuel Emerson Bradley

Speed Saunders

Speed Saunders

Cyril Saunders

Steve Malone

Steve Malone

Teams

Batman and Robin

Batman and Robin

United States Army

United States Army

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