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Comics - Ongoing - Detective Comics - Issue #31

DETECTIVE COMICS #31
TITLE: Batman Vs. the Vampire

COVER DATE: September, 1939

WRITER: Gardner F. Fox
ARTIST: Bob Kane
INKER: Bob Kane
EDITORS: Vincent A. Sullivan
COVER: Bob Kane

PRICE: $.10 U.S.

CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Julie Madison

COVER ART:

PLOT:
Bruce Wayne’s fiancée, Julie Madison, is found in the streets trying to kill a man by the Batman. Julie appears to have been hypnotized, so she visits her doctor who recommends she visit Europe.

Batman follows her ship in his Batgyro. On board he meets the Monk, a robed man with hypnotic power. Batman is forced to flee, but he looks for Julie in Paris after the ship has docked.

He soon finds her, but is captured by the Monk. Using his Baterang, Batman escapes and rescues Julie from the Monk’s clutches. He then prepares to follow the criminal to Hungary where the villain has fled.

NOTES:
- Batman operates in New York City in this story.
- Batman uses his first Baterang and the Batgyro, an early model Batplane.
- This story is continued from the first story of Detective Comics #32.

TITLE: Killer’s Bait

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

PLOT:
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TITLE: No Title

WRITER: Jerry Siegel
ARTIST: Mart Bailey
INKER: Mart Bailey
CHARACTERS: Bart Regan, Spy

PLOT:
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TITLE: No Title

WRITER: Unknown
ARTIST: Ken Ernst
INKER: Ken Ernst
CHARACTERS: Larry Steele

PLOT:
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TITLE: The Mammoth Mystery

WRITER: Gardner F. Fox
ARTIST: Fred Guardineer
INKER: Fred Guardineer
CHARACTERS: Speed Saunders

PLOT:
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TITLE: No Title

WRITER: Tom Hickey
ARTIST: Tom Hickey
INKER: Tom Hickey
CHARACTERS: Bruce Nelson

PLOT:
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TITLE: The White Goddess

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

PLOT:
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TITLE: No Title

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

PLOT:
Slam and Shorty visit the zoo and stop a man from tormenting the animals. The next day the man turns up dead. Slam begins to investigate the case as other murder victims begin turning up around the zoo. When an escaped lunatic is shot by the zookeeper, Dugan, the case appears to be closed. However Shorty suspects the zookeeper and tricks him into confessing. Dugan attempts to kill Shorty too, but Slam arrives in time to save his friend and apprehend Dugan.

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