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Released May 4th, 1940
Detective Comics #39
A collection of comics and stories, including -- "The Horde of the Green Dragon!", featuring the Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder: The kidnapping of two millionaires and the murder (with a hatchet) of a chauffeur leads the Batman into Chinatown to battle the Green Dragon and their dealings in opium.
-- "Switch the Switch", featuring the Crimson Avenger: When returning to port, a Navy ship encounters a mine and is destroyed. Lee Travis investigates and learns that the mines could only be detonated from a Navy control station. A soldier in charge of the station has been arrested, but Lee believes he is innocent.
-- "The French Impersonation", featuring Slam Bradley: Slam and Shorty are given an assignment to protect a valuable gem from thieves. When the thieves are unable to get the jewel from Bradley, they kidnap the owner.
-- Plus: Spy, Red Logan, Speed Saunders, and more!!
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68 pages
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$0.10
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American popular culture has produced few heroic figures as famous and enduring as that of the Batman. The dark, mysterious hero who debuted in 1939's DETECTIVE COMICS #27 as the lone "Bat-man" quickly grew into the legend of the Caped...
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