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Cover: Fred Guardineer
Detective Comics #28
📊 ~56,619 copies sold its debut month
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free In "Frenchy Blake's Jewel Gang," the Bat-Man tracks down a dangerous jewel thief using a tip from a police informant, launching a high-stakes pursuit through Gotham’s underworld. Written by Bill Finger and illustrated by Rob't Kane, with inks by Rob't Kane and lettering by Bob Kane, the issue features a striking cover by Fred Guardineer.
Contains 9 stories
Frenchy Blake's Jewel Gang
Gimpy (Police stool pigeon)Kelly (Policeman)Frenchy Blake (villain)Blake's gang [Slickothers unnamed] (villains)jewel thieves (villains)
The Dope Ring
HawkinsGeorge CassonPolicy PeteIna MarcyLt. GregoryClancy
Killing by Proxy
BillingsJohn MasonSpot Sawyer
Saboteurs Bomb Steamer
Agent Jack Steele
The Bagilan Ruby
Lara FayMiss Blaine
The New Orleans Mardi Gras Murder, Part 2
Ed LaneLili Gravet
The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Part 12
Dr. Fu ManchuSir Dennis Nayland SmithDr. PetrieRev. J. D. ElthamGreba ElthamCaesar (dog)
The Truxon Hall Fox Hunt
Colonel Carrington-BayleElaineFisher (villain)
The Whitethorne Inheritance
Sidney WhitethorneAunt Sadie WhitethorneHigginsLucy WentworthRonald Whitethorne
ComicBooks.com Value
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Raw (Good) $2,397
CGC 9.0 · 2 in census $101,907*
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $73,860*
CGC 8.0 $64,334*
CGC 7.5 · 2 in census $49,497*
CGC 7.0 none in existence
CGC 6.5 none in existence
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CGC 6.0 · 1 in census $27,014
CGC 5.5 · 1 in census $22,698*
CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $21,584*
CGC 4.5 none in existence
CGC 4.0 none in existence
CGC 3.5 · 2 in census $16,394*
CGC 3.0 · 1 in census $15,789*
CGC 2.5 · 1 in census $12,049*
CGC 2.0 $12,049*
CGC 1.5 · 1 in census $6,688*
CGC 1.0 · 1 in census $6,198
CGC 0.5 · 4 in census $3,916
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NM $5.19 Batman Detective Comics 28 High Grade DC Comic Book CL94-75 $9.99
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Cast · 12 characters
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Reprints
↩ Reprints All-American Comics #3 (1939), Movie Comics #3 (1939)
Reprinted in Batman Archives #1 (1990), DC Archiv Edition #3 (1999), The Batman Chronicles #1 (2005), Continuum #3 (2007), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #1 (2016), Batman: The Golden Age #1 (2016)
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