Detective Comics #2
From April 1937, this early entry in DC's landmark anthology series showcases a cover by Creig Flessel that crackles with menace — a snarling, yellow-skinned villain in a striped shirt and dark cap lunges toward the viewer with a grasping, clawed hand, his scarred face and red eyes radiating pure threat. Inside, Jerome Siegel and Joe Shuster contribute "Skyscraper Death," promising exactly the kind of hard-edged crime drama that made Detective Comics a cornerstone of the genre. It's a vivid ten-cent snapshot of pulp storytelling at its rawest.
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Following a fight between Slam and Pete Graves, Graves is shot and killed. Slam is arrested but is released. Meanwhile, Shorty hitches a ride on the rear of the suspect lawyer's car, and learns of a plot to terrorize steel workers into joining a crooked union. Graves's sister tries to shoot Slam, but he decides that running is the most sensible option. Shorty is taken to Jinx Tower, where he is thrown off a girder, but is rescued by Slam swinging past on a rope. Slam gets the lawyer to confess everything and gets kissed by Sally Graves as a reward.
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