Comic Title: Detective Comics #32
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1939
Approx. On Sale Date: September 12, 1939 Copyright Date August 30, 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: (Undercover as Bellhops)
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 #31; next appearance in Detective Comics #33)

Supporting Character(s)

• Shorty Morgan (last appearance in Detective Comics #31; next appearance in Detective Comics #33)

Villain(s)

• A hold-up man (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Cyrus Painter and his lawyer (no further appearances)
• Rita Stanton (Painter's assistant; no further appearances)
• A hotel guest (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
Slam and Shorty interrupt an attempted mugging in the street. However, Slam mistakenly knocks out the victim, hotel owner Cyrus Painter. When Painter recovers he threatens to sue Slam. Instead Slam offers to help him solve a mystery that plagues one of Painter's hotels, a ghost.

Slam and Shorty become bellhops working in the hotel. They soon encounter several bizarre incidents. Shorty begins believing that the hotel is really haunted, but Slam finds evidence of human involvment. Eventually both Slam and Shorty are captured by a mad doctor in the hotel. When they are both significantly scared, the doctor reveals himself as Painter, the hotel owner. All the supernatural incidents were part of a practical joke played at Slam's expense. The detectives are released and leave in peace.