Comic Title: Detective Comics #49
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: March 1941
Approx. On Sale Date: January 30, 1941 Copyright Date January 29, 1941
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1941
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: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth

Title: "The Case of the Frightened Crooner"
Pages: 8

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Howard Sherman

Feature Character(s)

• Slam Bradley (last appearance in Detective Comics #48; next appearance in Detective Comics #50)

Supporting Character(s)

• Shorty Morgan (last appearance in Detective Comics #48; next appearance in Detective Comics #50)

Villain(s)

• The Terror (Tom Severs aka Edward Parrish; no further appearances)
• A gang of hired thugs (Smokey Joe and Tony named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Randall Legro (a radio singer; no further appearances)
• Claffey and an unnamed inspector (police officers; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Slam Bradley is hired to protect radio singer Randall Legro who has received several threats. Several attempts are made on Legro's life before he is kidnapped. Slam tracks down Legro and the kidnappers. He then convinces Legro to sing at a charity event as planned. Slam then unmasks Legro's piano player Edward Parrish as the man behind the threats. Parrish is really Tom Sever, Legro's ex-partner who was jealous of Legro's success.