Comic Title: Detective Comics #26
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: April 1939
Approx. On Sale Date: March 21, 1939 Copyright Date March 8, 1939
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1939
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Vincent A. Sullivan

Title: (Artists of Death)
Pages: 13

Feature(s):
Slam Bradley (of Earth-1)

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Joe Shuster

Feature Character(s)

• Slam Bradley (last appearance in Detective Comics #25; next appearance in Detective Comics #27)

Supporting Character(s)

• Shorty Morgan (last appearance in Detective Comics #25; next appearance in Detective Comics #27)

Villain(s)

• Pierre D'orsay and members of his artistic cult (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• O'Reilly (a police officer; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
Slam and Shorty are approached by artist Pierre D'orsay to be live models. After their first session, Slam discovers that Pierre and his fellow artists are members of a cult. They want to draw Slam in a variety of death scenes. The artists place the detectives in a series of death traps from which they barely escape. The artists then capture their expressions. Slam and Shorty eventually overcome the artists and turn them over to police.