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Publishers / DC / Detective Comics (1937) / #5
5July 1937
$0.10

Detective Comics #5

DC · July 1937 · on sale June 10, 1937

First appearance: Larry Steele
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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#5
Publication date
July 1937
Key date
July 1937
On-sale date
June 10, 1937
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Larry Steele - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Creig Flessel; inks: Creig FlesselSpeed Saunders
1The Comic Headliner!promo (ad from the publisher)0.67pencils: Vin Sullivan; inks: Vin Sullivan
2-credits, title page0.33letters: typeset
3Undercover in Grade Schoolcomic story13script: Jerome Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe ShusterSlam Bradley, Shorty Morgan
4The Path of Thornscomic story6script: H. Fleming; pencils: H. Fleming; inks: H. FlemingBuck Marshall
5The Claws of the Red Dragon [Part 5]comic story12script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom HickeyBruce Nelson
6Winged Deathtext story6script: Fredric Wells; pencils: Creig Flessel; inks: Creig FlesselTerry Rutledge; Charles Hilton; Virginia Hilton; Blagg
7The Elm Park Mysterycomic story4script: Alger; pencils: Alger; inks: Alger
8The Balinoff Case, Part 5comic story4script: Jerome Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe ShusterSally Norris, Bart Regan
9The Dope Torpedocomic story6script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson; pencils: Sven Elvén; inks: Sven ElvénCosmo, the Phantom of Disguise
10Mystery of the Wholesale Kidnappings, Part 1comic story6script: Will Georgi; pencils: Will Georgi; inks: Will GeorgiLarry Steele First
11A Most Fishy Robberycomic story6script: Fless; pencils: Fless; inks: FlessSpeed Saunders
12-cartoon1script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred Schwab
13Flash! Ask for It by Name!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Creig Flessel; inks: Creig Flessel

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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