Comic Title: Detective Comics #41
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: July 1940
Approx. On Sale Date: June 4, 1940 Copyright Date June 7, 1940
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1940
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: 6

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

Writer/Artist: John Lehti

Feature Character(s)

• Crimson Avenger (last appearance in Detective Comics #40; next appearance in Detective Comics #42)

Supporting Character(s)

• Wing (last appearance in Detective Comics #40; next appearance in Detective Comics #44)
• Mac (a reporter; last appearance in Detective Comics #40; next appearance in Detective Comics #42)

Villain(s)

• A gang of smugglers (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mike (a police officer; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
On the waterfront, a cop notices some suspicious men who look like smugglers. He tries to stop them, but the crooks murder him. The Crimson Avenger arrives on the scene moments later. He discovers the body and finds a crate that the smugglers dropped in the water. Inside is an illegal chinese immigrant. Before the Crimson Avenger can leave the area, the police see him and suspect him of murdering the cop.

Later, the Crimson Avenger asks Wing to check with his family in Chinatown to get a lead on the smugglers. He locates their hide-out, then the Crimson Avenger drops in. The Crimson and Wing are caught at first by the smugglers, but they escape. The crooks are then defeated and left for the police. Later, the Crimson Avenger is cleared of the murder charges.