Detective Comics #56
| Cover Credits |
| Penciller: Bob Kane Inker: Jerry Robinson |
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Comic Title: Detective Comics #56
Publisher: DC
(Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1941
Approx. On Sale Date:
August 22, 1941 Copyright Date August 19, 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
| Pages | Feature | Note |
| FC | Batman | Bob Kane (a) |
| IFC | Indicia; Text Feature | Detective Comics Inc.; Editorial Advisory Board |
| 1 | Batman | "The Stone Idol" |
| 2 | Batman | |
| 3 | Batman | |
| 4 | Batman | |
| 5 | Batman | |
| 6 | Batman | |
| 7 | Batman | |
| 8 | Batman | |
| 9 | Batman | |
| 10 | Batman | |
| 11 | Batman | |
| 12 | Batman | |
| 13 | Batman | |
| 14 | Spy | (No Title) |
| 15 | Spy | |
| 16 | Spy | |
| 17 | Spy | |
| 18 | Spy | |
| 19 | Spy | |
| 20 | Text Feature | "Good Movies and Books" |
| 21 | Crimson Avenger | (No Title) |
| 22 | Crimson Avenger | |
| 23 | Crimson Avenger | |
| 24 | Crimson Avenger | |
| 25 | Crimson Avenger | |
| 26 | Fact Feature; House Ad | "Laffs" by Henry Boltinoff; Batman #7 - Aug 8th |
| 27 | Ad | Baby Ruth |
| 28 | Larry Steele | (No Title) |
| 29 | Larry Steele | |
| 30 | Larry Steele | |
| 31 | Larry Steele | |
| 32 | Larry Steele | |
| 33 | Larry Steele | |
| 34 | Speed Saunders | "The Death from the Honeybee" |
| 35 | Speed Saunders | |
| 36 | Speed Saunders | |
| 37 | Speed Saunders | |
| 38 | Speed Saunders | |
| 39 | Speed Saunders | |
| 40 | House Ad | Adventure #67, Star Spangled #1 |
| 41 | Filler; Ad | "For Fun"; Classified Ads |
| 42 | Cliff Crosby | (No Title) |
| 43 | Cliff Crosby | |
| 44 | Cliff Crosby | |
| 45 | Cliff Crosby | |
| 46 | Cliff Crosby | |
| 47 | Cliff Crosby | |
| 48 | Text Story | "Beautiful Friendship" |
| 49 | Text Story; Ad | 1/2 page ad for Prize Comics |
| 50 | Steve Malone | (No Title) |
| 51 | Steve Malone | |
| 52 | Steve Malone | |
| 53 | Steve Malone | |
| 54 | Steve Malone | |
| 55 | Steve Malone | |
| 56 | Slam Bradley | (No Title) |
| 57 | Slam Bradley | |
| 58 | Slam Bradley | |
| 59 | Slam Bradley | |
| 60 | Slam Bradley | |
| 61 | Slam Bradley | |
| 62 | Slam Bradley | |
| 63 | Slam Bradley | |
| 64 | House Ad | Superman, World's Finest, All-Flash, All-Star |
| IBC | Ad | Johnson Smith Co. |
| BC | Ad | Daisy Rifles |
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