Unofficial Detective Comics Index

DETECTIVE COMICS #27

Cover Date: May 1939
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1939-03-30

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Cover Credits:
Art: Bob Kane (signed)

Story: "The Case of the Criminal Syndicate" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Bill Finger
Art	Bob Kane
Editing	Vin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Batman (Bruce Wayne; first appearance; a young socialite)

Supporting Character(s):

Commissioner Gordon (first appearance; Police Commissioner and friend of Bruce's)

Villain(s):

Albert Stryker (first appearance; kills other members of a Chemical syndicate)

Jennings (first appearance; Stryker's butler)

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Second Story: "Killers of Kurdistan" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Art	Fred Guardineer
Lettering	Fred Guardineer
Editing	Vin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Speed Saunders

Villain(s):

Killers of Kurdistan (first appearance for all; a Kurdish murder cult, lead by the Veiled Prohetress of Kurdistan)

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Third Story: [No title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Jim Chambers
Lettering	Jim Chambers
Editing	Vin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Crimson Avenger

Supporting Character(s):

Wing (next in issue #29/2)

Villain(s):

Mike Moran and his gang (first appearance for all)

Comment(s):

This story is retold with new information in DC Universe: Legacies #1)

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Fourth Story: [No title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Sven Elven
Lettering	Sven Elven
Editing	Vin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Cosmo (learns to speak Chinese)

Villain(s):

Chinese smugglers (first appearance for all; smuggling Chinese to America)

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Fifth Story: [No title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jerry Siegel
Art	Joe Shuster, Paul Cassidy
Editing	Vin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Slam Bradley

Supporting Character(s):

Shorty Morgan

Villain(s):

Black Jack Benson (first appearance)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Switzerland

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