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Issue: Famous First Edition #C-28
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Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 03/07/1974
Volume: none
Pages: 72
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (13 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #104.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Tabloid
Paper Stock: Cardboard covers; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover, Front
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Digital Edition
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Title Page
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superhero
Batman
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FlagDetective Comics #27 published May 1939
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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In the year 1937, an innovation occurred in the fields of comic magazines...
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Inside front cover.
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superhero
Batman
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FlagDetective Comics #27 published May 1939
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Reprint of the original cover.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Crime Never Pays
Bullets betray no less than fingerprints...
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The Case of the Chemical Syndicate

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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superhero
The Bat-Man
The Bat-Man [Bruce Wayne] (introduction); Commissioner James Gordon (introduction); Mr. Lambert (introduction, death); Lambert (introduction, Mr. Lambert's son); 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)
In his first case, 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.
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FlagDetective Comics #27 published May 1939
was The Case of the Chemical Syndicate [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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This is the first unedited and uncensored reprint of this story. Previous reprint editions featured a redrawn, re-lettered and censored version which omitted the bloody knife in the victim's back on page 2, panel 2.
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humorous
Tenderfoot
Good-night boys - now don't forget your good deeds!
A young boy scout discovers a lost youngster and attempts to help him find his way home, and gets lost in the process himself!
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Rosati Accordions
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The Killers of Kurdistan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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adventure, mystery
Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator
Speed Saunders; Tom (Trelawney's friend, death); Trelawney (death); Trelawney's maid; The Veiled Prophetress of the Killers of Kurdistan (villain); Killers of Kurdistan (villains, one dies)
Speed investigates the murder of two men, on one of which the killers left the symbol of a red crescent, the symbol of the Kurdistan Killers, a sect that both men belonged to but refused to kill for.
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FlagDetective Comics #27 published May 1939
was The Killers of Kurdistan [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Bullet Bluff

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
western
Buck Marshall
Buck Marshall; unnamed Sheriff; Matt Doyle (Box K Ranch worker); Jerry Kane (Box K Ranch owner, death); Pepper (Buck's horse); The Terror [Jack Stark] (villain)
Buck investigates the death of a ranch owner in which a black empty cartridge is left behind as a clue to the killer.
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FlagDetective Comics #27 published May 1939
was Bullet Bluff [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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adventure
Spy
Bart Regan; Congressman Sneed (death); Congressman Little (death); Congressman Booker; Congressman Stoker; unnamed spy (villain, death)
A dinner is thrown into pandemonium when…
Bart investigates the deaths of members of a Committee on un-American activities that were killed by an explosive capsule hidden in their bananas.
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FlagDetective Comics #27 published May 1939
was The Mysterious Murders [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Murder on the Oceanic Line Docks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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superhero
The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Abe Gold (night club owner, death); unnamed hospital nurse (death); Frank (villain); Mike Moran (villain)
The Crimson tracks down a killer who murdered one Abe Gold for welshing on a $100,000 bet.
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FlagDetective Comics #27 published May 1939
was Murder on the Oceanic Line Docks [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Death on the Airwaves

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
mystery
Richard Drew (death); President Benson; Captain Richard Byrne; Brian DeAngelo (villain)
Captain Byrne tracks down a revengeful killer who was once spurned in regards to a radio audition.
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FlagDetective Comics #27 published May 1939
was Death on the Airwaves [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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mystery
Bruce Nelson
Bruce Nelson; Ed Lane (a detective); Lili Grauet (death)
Boy! New Orleans at Mardi Gras time.
Bruce begins his investigation of the death of a young woman due to black magic.
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FlagDetective Comics #27 published May 1939
was The New Orleans Mardi Gras Murder, Part 1 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
adventure
The Mysterious Doctor Fu Manchu!
Rev. J. D. Eltham; Greba Eltham; Nayland Smith; Vernon Denby; Dr. Petrie; Dr. Fu Manchu (villain)
You would be a dead man now if it were not for your friend in China,…
Fu Manchu attempts to kill Greba Eltham, all in an attempt to keep Rev. Eltham from going to China.
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FlagDetective Comics #27 published May 1939
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Flatfoot Flannigan
Flatfoot Flannigan
Calling all cars -- calling all cars -- bank robbery on Main and Center Streets…
Flannigan is sent out on a bank robbery, but stops for a red light so he won't get a ticket!
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was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, Paul Gustavson's son.
Danzig Marks Anniversary

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Stamp Collectors' Corner
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Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.
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Subject Matter
adventure
Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise
Cosmo; Carg (Immigration HQ official); Mike Donovan (Policeman); Yen Lo (villain); Kwan Joy Lo (villain); Fo Lee (villain)
Cosmo is called to immigration headquarters...
Cosmo is placed on a case involving the illegal smuggling of Chinese into America.
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FlagDetective Comics #27 published May 1939
was Illegal Aliens [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous
Plain Clothes Pete
Pete; Joe; Louie th' Louse (villain)
Pete, Louie th' Louse is operatin' 'round here again!
Pete and Joe try to discover the whereabouts of the hideout of notorious criminal Louie th' Louse.
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FlagDetective Comics #27 published May 1939
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
mystery
Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Dick Kelly (death); Gale Dennis (villain); "Black Jack" Benson (villain); Nicky (villain); Helger Wetjen (villain)
Out joy-riding, to relax from the tension of manhunting…
Shorty and Slam help to find out the whereabouts of a Federal agent who disappeared after trailing an escaped felon to Switzerland.
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FlagDetective Comics #27 published May 1939
was The Murderer on Vacation [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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All-American Comics; Movie Comics
Thanks, boys and girls of America...
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FlagDetective Comics #27 published May 1939
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Reprint of the original inside back cover. House ad for All-American Comics #2 and Movie Comics #2.
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Johnson Smith & Co.
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Reprint of the original back cover.
The Line of DC Super-Stars

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Inside back cover.
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superhero
Batman
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Back cover.

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