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Batman#28
Cover: Win Mortimer

Batman #28

Aug 1952 · K. G. Murray · 6d [0-0-6 AUP]
📊 ~114,089 copies sold its debut month
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In "Batman — Boss of the Big House!", Batman takes on a surprising new role when the prison warden appoints him acting warden after he saves an innocent man from execution. With the prison in turmoil, Batman must navigate a mystery when a prisoner scheduled for release the next day tries to escape the night before—leading him to suspect a connection to a long-ago robbery and a missing $250,000. Art by Bob Kane and Lew Sayre Schwartz, with inks by Charles Paris, and a striking cover by Win Mortimer.

Contains 3 stories
Batman -- Boss of the Big House!
12 pp · Superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne][also as Walter "Slug" Braden]Robin [Dick Grayson]Glen PowersPrison Warden DownsSteve (prison guard)Dr. Fleming (prison doctor)Dead Shot [Floyd Lawton] (villain, cameo)"The Black Diamond" (villain, cameo)John "Squint" Tolmar (villain)Pete Dugan (villain, prison barber)"Big George" Howlett (villain, death)Jergens (villain)"Machine Gun" Porter (villain)

In "Batman -- Boss of the Big House!", Batman finds himself temporarily in charge of a maximum-security prison after saving a condemned man’s life. When a prisoner scheduled for release the next day tries to escape the night before, Batman investigates a long-buried mystery tied to a $250,000 robbery and the man’s cellmate—now dead—whose past may hold the key.

The Parasols of Plunder
12 pp · Superhero
Batman [Bruce Wayne]Robin [Dick Grayson]Alfred PennyworthCommissioner James GordonMr. Rink (night watchman)un-named prison wardenThe Penguin [Otis Cobblepot] (villain)Lefty (villain)Duke (villain)

In "The Parasols of Plunder," the Penguin, newly paroled on the condition he abandon all things avian, surprisingly channels his cunning into a seemingly harmless umbrella shop—only to prove that even the most genteel of cover-ups can harbor a scheme. With a flair for the theatrical and a penchant for mischief, he’s back in business, and Gotham’s streets are once again on edge.

"Hello, Nancy?"
1 pp · Humor
Varsity VicNancyJane

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Full credits

artist Bob Kane
cover pencils, inks Win Mortimer

Reprints

↩ Reprints Detective Comics #169 (1951), Superman #75 (1952), Batman #70 (1952)

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