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Comics - Ongoing - Detective Comics - Issue #20

DETECTIVE COMICS #20
TITLE: The Jade Buddha

COVER DATE: October, 1938

WRITER: Gardner F. Fox
ARTIST: Fred Guardineer
INKER: Fred Guardineer
EDITORS: Vincent A. Sullivan
COVER: Leo E. O'Mealia

PRICE: $.10 U.S.

CHARACTERS: Speed Saunders

PLOT:
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TITLE: The Island of Wanatoba

WRITER: William (Bill) Ely
ARTIST: William (Bill) Ely
INKER: William (Bill) Ely
CHARACTERS: Larry Steele

PLOT:
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TITLE: The Door of Death

WRITER: Homer Fleming
ARTIST: Homer Fleming
INKER: Homer Fleming
CHARACTERS: Buck Marshall

PLOT:
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TITLE: Saving Senator Barkley

WRITER: Jerry Siegel
ARTIST: Joe Shuster
INKER: Joe Shuster
CHARACTERS: Bart Regan, Spy

PLOT:
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TITLE: The Song of Death

WRITER: Gardner F. Fox
ARTIST: Tom Hickey
INKER: Tom Hickey
CHARACTERS: Bruce Nelson

PLOT:
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TITLE: The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu

WRITER: Sax Rohmer
ARTIST: Leo E. O'Mealia
INKER: Leo E. O'Mealia
CHARACTERS: Dr. Fu Manchu

PLOT:
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TITLE: Block Buster

WRITER: Jim Chambers
ARTIST: Jim Chambers
INKER: Jim Chambers
CHARACTERS: Crimson Avenger; Wing

PLOT:
When crooked lawyer Myron Block uses a phony witness racket to get a murderer acquitted, the Crimson Avenger takes interest in the case. The Crimson approaches Block claiming to need an alibi for a murder he is planning to commit. Block agrees to help, providing the murder weapon and a note that will make the death look like suicide.

The Crimson then approaches the district attorney and threatens him, leaving behind the weapon and note. Block's phony witnesses call police at the same time, indicating the they have seen the Crimson elsewhere. Block's fingerprints on the weapon and note cause police to suspect Block was impersonating the Crimson to escape prosecution. Finally, Block is arrested by police.

TITLE: Boat Race of Doom

WRITER: Sven Elven
ARTIST: Sven Elven
INKER: Sven Elven
CHARACTERS: Cosmo the Phantom of Disguise

PLOT:
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TITLE: The Magician

WRITER: Jerry Siegel
ARTIST: Joe Shuster
INKER: Joe Shuster
CHARACTERS: Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan

PLOT:
Slam Bradley learns to perform magic. He then attends a magician's convention and pledges to use his magic to help people. His first target is political boss Pete Hansen, who is responsible for much of the graft in the city. Slam uses magic to frighten and confuse Hansen's men. Vowing to get Bradley, Hansen enlists a magician of his own Professor Mysto. Slam proves to be superior to Mysto, and through his efforts forces Hansen to return his ill-gotten profits and leave the city.

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