Detective Comics #11
From January 1938 comes this gripping entry in DC's flagship anthology, with a cover by Creig Flessel that crackles with street-level danger — a menacing, brutish figure leans out of a brick-wall window, knife in hand, threatening a man in a suit who clings desperately to a rope beside the building. The tension is immediate and visceral, capturing exactly the kind of hard-edged crime drama that made Detective Comics essential reading in its day. Inside, Siegel and Shuster bring "The Anarchist Submarine Plot" to life — a title that promises intrigue and high stakes worthy of the cover's ominous setup.
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Bart and Sally are met from the boat by the Paris representative of the U.S. Secret Service. Mentioning that they captured an anarchist on board ship and the man draws a gun, telling them he a colleague of the anarchist. Exiting the car they are approached by a gendarme who wants to sell them a lottery ticket. Both the man and Bart buy one, the latter with American currency. In a warehouse Bart and Sally hide behind some crates but the man advances on them with his gun. He is shot by the gendarme who has followed them. Bart explains to Sally that he paid the gendarme with a cigar coupon.
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