| Issue | #37 |
| Published | March 1940 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Vincent Sullivan |
| Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Bob Kane (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Kane (signed); Jerry Robinson ? |
| Letters | typeset |
| Reprinted | In Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #73-168329; in The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #1 (June 1990); In Batman Chronicles, The (DC, 2005 series) #1 |
| Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Joey (Death); Turg (villain); Count Grutt (villain; Death) |
| Synopsis | While passing by an old house, the Batman hears screams and rushes in to save a man, who he soon discovers is a crook that has been double crossing his boss and who kills the thugs torturing him so there will be no witnesses. Later, the Caped Crusader learns from the dying Joey that his boss is a big time smuggler, and he takes immediate steps to solve that problem. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Bill Finger |
| Pencils | Bob Kane (signed); Jerry Robinson (backgrounds) |
| Inks | Bob Kane (signed) |
| Letters | Jerry Robinson |
| Notes | Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 2-12-09. |
| Reprinted | In The Batman Archives (DC, 1990 series) #1 (June 1990); in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #237 (December 1971); In Batman Chronicles, The (DC, 2005 series) #1 |
| Genre | fact |
| Pencils | George Papp |
| Inks | George Papp |
| Characters | Bart Regan |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Jerry Siegel (signed) |
| Pencils | Maurice Kashuba (signed) |
| Inks | Maurice Kashuba (signed) |
| Characters | Cosmo |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Sven Elven? |
| Pencils | Sven Elven (signed) |
| Inks | Sven Elven (signed) |
| Notes | Writer credit added by Craig Delich 2-12-09. |
| Characters | Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis] (in hat and cloak), Wing; Laura Burlingame. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jim Chambers? |
| Pencils | Harry Lucey? |
| Inks | Harry Lucey? |
| Notes | Last appearance was in Detective #29. |
| Genre | crime |
| Script | John Randall (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Speed Saunders |
| Genre | detective |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox (signed) |
| Pencils | Fred Guardineer (signed) |
| Inks | Fred Guardineer (signed) |
| Letters | Fred Guardineer |
| Characters | Steve Malone |
| Genre | detective |
| Pencils | Don Lynch (signed) |
| Inks | Don Lynch (signed) |
| Characters | Cliff Crosby |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Chad Grothkopf |
| Pencils | Chad Grothkopf |
| Inks | Chad Grothkopf |
| Letters | Chad Grothkopf |
| Characters | Tiny |
| Genre | gag |
| Characters | Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan. |
| Genre | detective |
| Script | Jerry Siegel (signed) |
| Pencils | Mart Bailey (signed) |
| Inks | Mart Bailey (signed) |