Detective Comics #3
Title: (Slam Delivers the Message)
Pages: 13
Feature(s):
Slam Bradley (of Earth-1)
Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Jim Bettersworth
Feature Character(s)
Supporting Character(s)
Villain(s)
- Several mobsters (D'Arcy and Purnelli named; no further appearances)
- Shifty (a pickpocket; no further appearances)
Comments:
Slam is depicted with blond hair in this story.
This story originally was not titled.
Synopsis:
Slam is hired to deliver an envelope to a man at an expo fair. When a pickpocket tries to steal the message, he entrusts it to Shorty. Shorty is then tricked by a woman and loses the envelope. Slam and Shorty pursue the woman. They eventually learn that the envelope contains the combination to a bank vault. The message was to be delivered to a mob leader, and the woman who intercepted it works for a rival mob. When the two mobs meet, a fight ensues. Slam and Shorty survive and are rewarded by the bank for protecting the combination.
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