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: (The Phony Crimson Avenger)
Pages: 6

Feature(s):
Crimson Avenger (of Earth-2)

Writer/Artist: Jim G. Chambers

Feature Character(s)

• Crimson Avenger (last appearance in Detective Comics #25; next appearance in Detective Comics #27)

Supporting Character(s)

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

Villain(s)

• Gip Morgan, Joe Savo, and their gang (Tug and Slim named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• McCoy (a police officer; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not titled.

Synopsis:
A gang of jewel thieves rob a jewelry store. One of the gang is disguised as the Crimson Avenger. He murders a cop to frame the Crimson and divert attention from the gang. The real Crimson Avenger tracks down the gang and tricks some of them into thinking that he is the phony. Then he finds a clue that leads him to the rest of the gang. He apprehends the gang boss, Gip Morgan, and turns the crooks over to police, clearing his name in the process.