Cover: Creig Flessel

Detective Comics #10

Dec 1937 · DC · 0.10 USD

📊 ~83,317 copies sold its debut month

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In "Mystery at Oak Gables," a young detective duo—Bart and Sally—take on a high-stakes assignment to safeguard the steamship Atlantis, diving into a web of deception and danger. Written by Jerome Siegel and illustrated by Joe Shuster, this early tale blends suspense and intrigue, with Sally’s daring ruse as an anarchist setting the stage for a tense showdown. The cover, by Creig Flessel, captures the mystery’s edge with a striking, period-accurate design.

Contains 8 stories

Mystery at Oak Gables

6 pp · Detective-Mystery

Mrs. Saunders (introduction, Speed's mother)Madge AllenSak-Ri-KoArthur Harde (introduction, villain)Monroe (introduction, villain)

The Nick Orsatti Case, Part 1

6 pp · Detective-Mystery

Laura Wilkes (introduction)James Wilkes (introduction)Nick Orsatti (introduction, villain)

Curse of the Indian Mummy

6 pp · Adventure, Detective-Mystery

Prof. Dean (introduction)a Hindu priest (introduction, villain, death)

The Blood of the Lotus [Part 2]

12 pp · Adventure, Detective-Mystery

Dr. Hong (introduction, villain, death)Slug Cullythe LotusPhilip Pomeroy

Handcuff Hawkins

4 pp · Detective-Mystery

Handcuff Hawkins

To Sink the Atlantis

4 pp · Adventure, Spy

an anarchist (villain, introduction)

In "To Sink the Atlantis," Bart and Sally take on a high-stakes mission to safeguard the steamship Atlantis, with Sally going undercover as an anarchist to lure out a hidden threat. The tension builds as deception becomes their only weapon in a race against sabotage.

Trail of Yellow

6 pp · Adventure, Western-Frontier

The SheriffCross (introduction, villain)

In the Ring

12.78 pp · Adventure, Detective-Mystery

SnoopDanny Blake (introduction, death)Nick Cardoni (introduction, villain)Manny O'Day (introduction, villain)