Detective Comics Vol 1 28

Appearing in The Bat-Man: "Frenchy Blake's Jewel Gang"Edit

Featured Characters:

•  The Bat-Man 

Supporting Characters:

•  Commissioner Gordon  (Cameo)

Adversaries:

• Frenchy Blake (Single appearance)^[1]
  • Gloves (Single appearance)^[1]
  • Ricky (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
  • Slick (Single appearance)^[1]

Other Characters:

• Gimpy (Single appearance)^[1]
• Gotham City Police Department
  • Officer Kelly (Single appearance)^[1]

Locations:

• Gotham City not yet named
  • GCPD Headquarters (First appearance)
  • Wayne Manor (Cameo)

Items:

• Batrope (First appearance)
• Batsuit
• Utility Belt

Vehicles:

• Bruce Wayne's Automobile
  
  

Synopsis for The Bat-Man: "Frenchy Blake's Jewel Gang"Edit

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  Appearing in Speed Saunders: "The Dope Ring"Edit

Featured Characters:

• Speed Saunders

Supporting Characters:

Adversaries:

• Hawkins (Single appearance)^[1]
• Ina Marcy (Single appearance)^[1]
• Policy Pete (Only appearance; dies)^[1]

Other Characters:

• George Casson (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
• Lieutenant Gregory

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Synopsis for Speed Saunders: "The Dope Ring"Edit

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  Appearing in Buck Marshall: "Killing by Proxy"Edit

Featured Characters:

• Buck Marshall

Supporting Characters:

• Pepper
• Sheriff (Behind the scenes)

Adversaries:

• Spot Sawyer (Single appearance)^[1]
• Billings Zell (Single appearance)^[1]

Other Characters:

• John Mason (Single appearance)^[1]
• Marshall (Single appearance)^[1]

Locations:

• 19th Century
  • Redstone

Items:

Vehicles:

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Synopsis for Buck Marshall: "Killing by Proxy"Edit

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  Appearing in Bart Regan, Spy: "Saboteurs Bob Steamer"Edit

Featured Characters:

• Bart Regan

Supporting Characters:

• Jack Steels (First appearance)

Adversaries:

• General (Single appearance)^[1]
• Baralian Captain (Single appearance)^[1]

Other Characters:

Locations:

Items:

Vehicles:

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Synopsis for Bart Regan, Spy: "Saboteurs Bob Steamer"Edit

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  Appearing in The Crimson Avenger: "The Bagilan Ruby"Edit

Featured Characters:

• Crimson Avenger

Supporting Characters:

Adversaries:

• Lara Fay (Single appearance)^[1]

Other Characters:

• Miss Blaine (Single appearance)^[1]

Locations:

• New York City

Items:

Vehicles:

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Synopsis for The Crimson Avenger: "The Bagilan Ruby"Edit

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  Appearing in Bruce Nelson: "The New Orleans Mardi Gras Murder, Part 2"Edit

Featured Characters:

• Bruce Nelson

Supporting Characters:

• Ed Lane

Adversaries:

Other Characters:

• House keeper (Appears in flashback and main story)
• Don Hernandez Covina (Appears in flashback and main story)
• Boris Manganoff (Mentioned)
• Maria Tonelli (Appears in flashback and main story)
• Lili Gravet (Appears in flashback and main story)

Locations:

• Louisiana

• New Orleans

Items:

Vehicles:

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Synopsis for Bruce Nelson: "The New Orleans Mardi Gras Murder, Part 2"Edit

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  Appearing in "The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu"Edit

Featured Characters:

• Denis Nayland Smith

Supporting Characters:

• Dr. Petrie

Adversaries:

• Fu Manchu (Behind the scenes)

Other Characters:

• Greba Eltham
• Rev. J. D. Eltham
• Vernon Denby

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Synopsis for "The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu"Edit

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  Appearing in Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise: "The Truxon Hall Fox Hunt"Edit

Featured Characters:

• Cosmo

Supporting Characters:

Adversaries:

• Fisher (Single appearance)^[1]

Other Characters:

• Colonel Carrington-Bayle (Single appearance)^[1]
• Elaine (Single appearance)^[1]

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Synopsis for Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise: "The Truxon Hall Fox Hunt"Edit

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  Appearing in Slam Bradley: "The Whitethorne Inheritance"Edit

Featured Characters:

• Slam Bradley

Supporting Characters:

• Shorty Morgan

Adversaries:

• Ronald Whitethorne (Single appearance)^[1]

Other Characters:

• Caleb Whitethorne (Single appearance)^[1] (Behind the scenes)
• Fornsby (Single appearance)^[1]
• Higgins (Single appearance)^[1]
• Lucy Wentworth (Single appearance)^[1]
• Sadie Whitethorne (Only appearance; dies)^[1]

Locations:

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Synopsis for Slam Bradley: "The Whitethorne Inheritance"Edit

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NotesEdit

• The Batman story from this issue is reprinted Batman Archives, Volume 1 and Batman Chronicles, Volume 1.
• Batman's utility belt is slightly altered in this issue. He now uses a square belt buckle as opposed to the round buckle from Detective Comics #27.
  

TriviaEdit

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• Cover gallery for the Detective Comics series

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Recommended ReadingEdit

• Batman Recommended Reading

• Batman (Volume 1)
• Batman (Volume 2)
• Batman and Robin (Volume 1)
• Batman and Robin (Volume 2)
• Batman Confidential
• Batman: Gotham Knights
• Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight
• Batman: Shadow of the Bat
• Batman: Streets of Gotham
• Batman Incorporated
• Batman: The Dark Knight (Volume 1)
• Batman: The Dark Knight (Volume 2)
• Detective Comics (Volume 1)
• Detective Comics (Volume 2)
• Superman/Batman
• Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Volume )

Links and ReferencesEdit

• Detective Comics article at Wikipedia
• Detective Comics series index at the Grand Comics Database
• Detective Comics series index at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
• Detective Comics #28 index entry
• Detective Comics #28, Batman story, recap
• Detective Comics #28 spoilers, (mislabled as "#29" at the link)