Comic Title: Detective Comics #52
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: June 1941
Approx. On Sale Date: April 29, 1941 Copyright Date April 30, 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: (No Title)
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 #51; next appearance in Detective Comics #53)

Supporting Character(s)

• Shorty Morgan (last appearance in Detective Comics #51; next appearance in Detective Comics #53)

Villain(s)

• Howard (a baseball pitcher; no further appearances)
• Lucky Arthur and his gang (gamblers; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mr. Barnes (a baseball team owner; no further appearances)
• Ace Wilkins and Swatter Watts (a baseball catcher and a hitter; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Slam and Shorty attend a baseball game in which a pitcher, Howard, is shot. Howard and his teammate Ace Wilkins are linked to gambler Lucky Arthur, so Slam investigates. He sees Wilkins approach Lucky, then has to fight off several of the gambler's henchmen. Slam eventually discovers that Howard was working with Lucky to throw the game because he had gambling debts. He shot himself with a hidden gun in his glove to make it seem like he was honest. Wilkins was trying to convince Lucky leave Howard alone. Slam exposes the scheme and ensures that the team can compete honestly.