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Detective Comics #27
Cover ACGC Census
87
Total Graded
0
9.8 NM/MT
4
8.0 VF
Reprinted 31x
The Bat-Man investigates the murder of a chemical tycoon, discovering that one of his partners murdered him to steal the secret contracts that would leave him as the sole owner of the Apex Chemical Corporation.
Cover Date
May 1, 1939
On Sale Date
March 30, 1939
Pages
68
Cover Price
$0.10
Editor
Douglas McKee
Credits
Writer
Penciller
Inker
Letterer
Cover Artist
Characters
Mr. Lambert (introduction, death); Mel Lambert (introduction); Lambert's son (unnamed in this story); unnamed Police Sergeant (introduction); Steven Crane (introduction, death); Crane's butler (introduction); Paul Rogers (introduction); Alfred Stryker (villain, introduction, death); Jennings (villain, introduction, Stryker's assistant)
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