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28June 1939
$0.10

Detective Comics #28

DC · June 1939 · on sale 1939-05-01

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Identification plate

Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#28
Publication date
June 1939
Key date
1939-06-00
On-sale date
1939-05-01
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred Guardineer
2Frenchy Blake's Jewel Gangcomic story6script: Bill Finger; pencils: Rob't Kane; inks: Rob't Kane; letters: Bob KaneBatman, Commissioner James Gordon, Bruce Wayne
3Action Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.05colors: ? (red & black letters); letters: typeset
4-cartoon0.7script: Bob Kane; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Bob KaneJoe
6The Dope Ringcomic story6script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred Guardineer; letters: Fred GuardineerSpeed Saunders
7Killing by Proxycomic story6script: H. Fleming; pencils: H. Fleming; inks: H. FlemingBuck Marshall
8Saboteurs Bomb Steamercomic story6script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe ShusterBart Regan
9The Bagilan Rubycomic story6script: Jim Chambers; pencils: Jim Chambers; inks: Jim ChambersThe Crimson Avenger, Wing How, Lee Travis, Wing
10Human Cargotext story1.8script: Jack Anthony; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred GuardineerCaptain Benson; Patrolman Thomson
14The New Orleans Mardi Gras Murder, Part 2comic story6pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom HickeyBruce Nelson
15The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Part 12comic story4script: Sax Rohmer; pencils: Leo O'Mealia; inks: Leo O'MealiaDr. Fu Manchu; Sir Dennis Nayland Smith; Dr. Petrie; Rev. J. D. Eltham; Greba Eltham; Caesar (dog)
16-text article1.4script: ? [as Phil. Ately]; letters: typesetGeorge Washington
18The Truxon Hall Fox Huntcomic story6pencils: Sven Elvén; inks: Sven Elvén; letters: Sven ElvenCosmo, the Phantom of Disguise
19The Whitethorne Inheritancecomic story13script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe ShusterSlam Bradley, Shorty Morgan
20All-American Comics; Movie Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Sheldon Mayer, Jack Adler, Emery Gondor; inks: Sheldon Mayer, Jack Adler, Emery GondorHop Harrigan; Gene Autry

Plus 3.05 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

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