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Detective Comics #28 (of 1000000)

June 1st, 1939
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28 (of 881)
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June 1st, 1939
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May 11th, 1939
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  1. The "Bat-Man" [2] Frenchy Blake's Jewel Gang (originally untitled): A string of jewel robberies baffle the police. Working on information from a stool pigeon, The "Bat-Man" ambushes a pair of thieves on a rooftop as they've just completed a job. After dealing with the robbers, he frames himself for the heist. But why? (by Rob't Kane [& Bill Finger])

  2. Jest A Second... (by Bob Kane)

  3. Rosati Accordion comic-ad
  4. Speed Saunders Ace Investigator and The Dope Ring [28] (by Fred Guardineer)

  5. Buck Marshall, Range Detective [24] Killing by Proxy (by H. Fleming)

  6. Spy [28] Saboteurs Bob Streamer (by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster)

  7. The Crimson Avenger [9] The Bagilan Ruby (by Jim Chambers)

  8. Human Cargo (text story by Jack Anthony)

  9. Bruce Nelson [28] The New Orleans Mardi Gras Murder, Part2 (by Tom Hickey)

  10. Doctor Fu Manchu! [Part 12, last, unfinished] (by the celebrated English author Sax Rohmer)
  11. Stamp Detective (text article by Phil. Ately)
  12. Cosmo, The Phantom of Disguise [28] The Truxon Hall Fox Hunt (illustrated by Sven Elvén)
  13. Slam Bradley [29] The Whitethorne Inheritance (by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster)

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