Object label
DC Comics · Comics · Detective Comics · 1938
Detective Comics #20
Detective Comics · 1938
Detective Comics #20 is a DC Comics issue catalogued from Metron source data.
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Detective Comics #20 belongs to a comics graph built around publisher, series, issue number, characters, creators like Fred Guardineer, Gardner Fox, and Homer Fleming, and story context. The important part is not just the issue record, but how it connects into runs, appearances, and adjacent covers.
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Detective Comics #20 is a comics collectible connected to DC Comics and Detective Comics. Useful collector signals include release year 1938, issue #20, and artist context from Jerry Siegel, Fred Guardineer, and Gardner Fox. Detective Comics has 49 catalogued releases on GrailHub, making this page a route into completion, variants, and nearby objects.
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Collector notes
Detective Comics #20 is a comics entry for issue #20 in Detective Comics from 1938. GrailHub tracks publisher, series, issue number, cover date, creators, characters, and first appearances where that data is available.
DC Comics pages connect this issue back to its publisher, series, creators, and related issues. For comic collectors, those links matter because discovery often starts with a character, creative team, first appearance, or a run of issues rather than one isolated record.
Characters associated with this issue include Bart Regan, Bruce Nelson, Crimson Avenger (Travis), Sally Norris, Shorty Morgan, and Slam Bradley.
Series context
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- 49 objects
- Release span
- 1938-1948
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Quick facts
- Publisher
- DC Comics
- Series
- Detective Comics
- Issue number
- #20
- Cover date
- Oct 1, 1938
- Characters
- Bart Regan, Bruce Nelson, Crimson Avenger (Travis), Sally Norris, Shorty Morgan, Slam Bradley +2 more
- Creators
- Fred Guardineer, Gardner Fox, Homer Fleming, Jerry Siegel, Jim Chambers, Joe Shuster +5 more
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Data source
- Source
- Metron
- Source ID
- 29195
- Source URL
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