Comic Title: Detective Comics #54
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1941
Approx. On Sale Date: June 26, 1941 Copyright Date June 27, 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 #53; next appearance in Detective Comics #55)

Supporting Character(s)

• Shorty Morgan (last appearance in Detective Comics #53; next appearance in Detective Comics #55)

Villain(s)

• Mr. Blane (a circus owner; no further appearances)
• Samson and Tiny Tom (a strong man and a midget; safe robbers; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Tex Wilbur and Birdie Greene (a circus manager and a performer; no further appearances)
• Tito (a clown; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Slam is invited to the circus to help solve a series of safe robberies. While watching the show, Slam stops a lion that got loose. Then Tito the clown is found murdered. Slam and Shorty investigate and discover that Samson the strong man and Tiny Tom, a midget, are behind the safe robberies. They also discover that circus owner Mr. Blane killed Tito because the clown was a part owner in the circus and Blane wanted his share.