Detective Comics # 40

is an issue published by DC that was released on 6 / / 1940
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Plot Summary

Even though the Joker appears on the cover, he does not appear anywhere else in this comic

  1. The Murders of Clayface (Batman & Robin : see below) -- 2. Bart Regan, Spy -- 3. An American Reporter in London (Red Logan) -- 4. Crimson Avenger -- 5. The Jewel Robbers (Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator) -- 6. Theft at the Fair -- 7. Steve Malone, District Attorney -- 8. Cliff Crosby -- 9. Slam Bradley

This issue features the first appearance of the first Clayface, Basil Karlo (written by Bill Finger and art by Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson). Basil was a make-up artist who was severely angered when he heard that a film he starred in earlier was being remade. So Basil, proficient in disguises, wears the mask of the film's villain, who is called Clayface, and manages to kill one the movie stars Lorna Dane and her boyfriend. But luckily Batman and Robin stop him before he can murder his next target, Julie Madison, the movie star who happened to be Bruce Wayne's fiancee at the time.

(If the price of this comic is too steep for you, you can read this story in Batman Archives #1)


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  • Bill Finger
    writer,

  • Bob Kane
    penciler, inker, cover,


  •  
    Chad Grothkopf
    writer, penciler, inker,

  •  
    Fred Guardineer
    penciler, inker,


  • Gardner Fox
    writer,

  •  
    Howard Sherman
    penciler, letterer, inker,


  •  
    Jack Lehti
    writer, penciler, inker,

  • Jerry Robinson
    inker, cover,


  • Jerry Siegel
    writer,

  •  
    Maurice Kashuba
    penciler, inker,



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