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Famous First Edition #C-28 (1974) · The Collector

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Famous First Edition (1974)
#C-28

DC Comics#C-28

Famous First Edition

Famous First Edition #C-28

The Case of the Chemical Syndicate / The Killers of Kurdistan / Bullet Bluff

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: June 1974
On sale: Mar 7, 1974
Cover price: $1.00
Pages: 72

Key issue

1st appearance of The Bat-Man
1st appearance of Commissioner James Gordon
1st appearance of unnamed Police Sergeant
1st appearance of Crane's butler

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Grand Comics Database issue 68936

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1st appearance of Paul Rogers

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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.

Writers: Bill Finger, Charles Biro, Gardner Fox, Homer Fleming, Jerry Siegel, Jim Chambers, Tom Hickey, Sax Rohmer, Leo O'Mealia, Paul Gustavson, Sven Elven, Russell Cole
Pencillers: Bob Kane, Charles Biro, Fred Guardineer, Homer Fleming, Joe Shuster, Jim Chambers, Tom Hickey, Leo O'Mealia, Paul Gustavson, Sven Elven, Russell Cole, Paul Cassidy
Inkers: Bob Kane, Charles Biro, Fred Guardineer, Homer Fleming, Joe Shuster, Jim Chambers, Tom Hickey, Leo O'Mealia, Paul Gustavson, Sven Elven, Russell Cole, Paul Cassidy
Letterers: Bob Kane, Paul Gustavson
Cover: Bob Kane
Editors: Vin Sullivan, E. Nelson Bridwell

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