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C-28[June-July] 1974
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Famous First Edition #C-28

DC · [June-July] 1974 · on sale 1974-03-07

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Series
Famous First Edition (DC, 1974 series)
Issue
#C-28
Publication date
[June-July] 1974
Key date
1974-06-00
On-sale date
1974-03-07
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$1.00
Pages
72

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob KaneBatman
1-foreword, introduction, preface, afterword1script: Carmine Infantino
2-cover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane; editing: Vin SullivanBatman
3-cartoon1editing: Vin Sullivan
4The Case of the Chemical Syndicatecomic story6script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Bob Kane; editing: Vin SullivanThe 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); Alf
5Tenderfootcomic story0.75script: Charles Biro; pencils: Charles Biro; inks: Charles Biro; editing: Vin Sullivan
7The Killers of Kurdistancomic story6script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred Guardineer; editing: Vin SullivanSpeed 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)
8Bullet Bluffcomic story6script: Homer Fleming; pencils: Homer Fleming; inks: Homer Fleming; editing: Vin SullivanBuck 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)
9Spycomic story6script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe Shuster; editing: Vin SullivanBart Regan; Congressman Sneed (death); Congressman Little (death); Congressman Booker; Congressman Stoker; unnamed spy (villain, death)
10Murder on the Oceanic Line Dockscomic story6script: Jim Chambers; pencils: Jim Chambers; inks: Jim Chambers; editing: Vin SullivanThe Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Abe Gold (night club owner, death); unnamed hospital nurse (death); Frank (villain); Mike Moran (villain)
11Death on the Airwavestext story2script: Paul Dean; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred Guardineer; editing: Vin SullivanRichard Drew (death); President Benson; Captain Richard Byrne; Brian DeAngelo (villain)
12-comic story6script: Tom Hickey; pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom Hickey; editing: Vin SullivanBruce Nelson; Ed Lane (a detective); Lili Grauet (death)
13-comic story4script: Sax Rohmer, Leo O'Mealia; pencils: Leo O'Mealia; inks: Leo O'Mealia; editing: Vin SullivanRev. J. D. Eltham; Greba Eltham; Nayland Smith; Vernon Denby; Dr. Petrie; Dr. Fu Manchu (villain)
14Flatfoot Flannigancomic story1script: Paul Gustavson; pencils: Paul Gustavson; inks: Paul Gustavson; letters: Paul Gustavson; editing: Vin SullivanFlatfoot Flannigan
15Danzig Marks Anniversarytext article1letters: typeset
16-comic story6script: Sven Elven; pencils: Sven Elven; inks: Sven Elven; editing: Vin SullivanCosmo; Carg (Immigration HQ official); Mike Donovan (Policeman); Yen Lo (villain); Kwan Joy Lo (villain); Fo Lee (villain)
17Plain Clothes Petecomic story4script: Alger; pencils: Alger; inks: Alger; editing: Vin SullivanPete; Joe; Louie th' Louse (villain)
18-comic story9script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster, Paul Cassidy; inks: Joe Shuster, Paul Cassidy; editing: Vin SullivanSlam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Dick Kelly (death); Gale Dennis (villain); "Black Jack" Benson (villain); Nicky (villain); Helger Wetjen (villain)
19All-American Comics; Movie Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1editing: Vin Sullivan
21The Line of DC Super-Starsillustration1letters: typeset
22-illustration1pencils: Carmine Infantino; inks: Murphy AndersonBatman

Plus 1.25 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

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