| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane | The Batman [Bruce Wayne] |
| 1 | Crime Never Pays | cartoon | 1 | | Helen Blixt; Luke May |
| 2 | The Case of the Chemical Syndicate | comic story | 6 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Bob Kane | The Bat-Man [Bruce Wayne] (introduction); Commissioner James Gordon (introduction); Mr. Lambert (introduction, death); Mel Lambert (introduction); Lambert's son (unnamed in this story); unnamed Police Sergeant (introduction); Steven Crane (introduction, death); Crane's butler (introduction); Paul Ro |
| 3 | Tenderfoot | comic story | 0.75 | script: Charles Biro; pencils: Charles Biro; inks: Charles Biro | |
| 5 | The Killers of Kurdistan | comic story | 6 | script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred Guardineer; letters: Fred Guardineer | Speed Saunders; Tom (Trelawney's friend, death); Trelawney (death); Trelawney's maid; The Veiled Prophetress of the Killers of Kurdistan (villain); Killers of Kurdistan (villains, one dies) |
| 6 | Bullet Bluff | comic story | 6 | script: H. Fleming; pencils: H. Fleming; inks: H. Fleming | Buck Marshall; The Sheriff; Matt Doyle (Box K Ranch worker); Jerry Kane (Box K Ranch owner, death); Pepper (Buck's horse); The Terror [Jack Stark] (villain) |
| 7 | The Mysterious Murders | comic story | 6 | script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster | Bart Regan; Congressman Sneed (death); Congressman Little (death); Congressman Booker; Congressman Stoker; unnamed spy (villain, death) |
| 8 | Murder on the Oceanic Line Docks | comic story | 6 | script: Jim Chambers; pencils: Jim Chambers; inks: Jim Chambers | The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Abe Gold (night club owner, death); unnamed hospital nurse (death); Frank (villain); Mike Moran (villain); Mac; unnamed police chief |
| 9 | Death on the Airwaves | text story | 2 | script: Paul Dean; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred Guardineer | Richard Drew (death); President Benson; Captain Richard Byrne; Brian DeAngelo (villain); Elaine Rutland; Eddie Dorson |
| 10 | The New Orleans Mardi Gras Murder, Part 1 | comic story | 6 | script: Tom Hickey; pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom Hickey | Bruce Nelson; Ed Lane (a detective); Lili Grauet (death) |
| 11 | - | comic story | 4 | script: Leo O'Mealia, Sax Rohmer; pencils: Leo O'Mealia; inks: Leo O'Mealia | Rev. J. D. Eltham; Greba Eltham; Sir Dennis Nayland Smith; Vernon Denby; Dr. Petrie; Dr. Fu Manchu (villain); Caesar (dog) |
| 12 | Flatfoot Flannigan | comic story | 1 | script: Gustavson; pencils: Gustavson; inks: Gustavson; letters: Paul Gustavson | Flannigan |
| 13 | Danzig Marks Anniversary | text article | 1 | letters: typeset | Stephen Bathory |
| 14 | Illegal Aliens | comic story | 6 | script: Sven Elven; pencils: Sven Elven; inks: Sven Elven; letters: Sven Elven | Cosmo [Fo Lee]; Carg (Immigration HQ official); Mike Donovan (Policeman); Yen Lo (villain); Kwan Joy Lo (villain) |
| 15 | Plain Clothes Pete | comic story | 4 | script: Alger; pencils: Alger; inks: Alger; letters: Russell Cole | Pete; Joe; Louie th' Louse (villain) |
| 16 | The Murderer on Vacation | comic story | 9 | script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster | Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Dick Kelly (death); Gale Dennis (villain); "Black Jack" Benson (villain); Nicky (villain); Helger Wetjen (villain) |
| 17 | All-American Comics; Movie Comics | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | letters: typeset | Andy Devine |