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Issue: Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 27 #[nn]
Publication Date: February 2000
 
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Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 07447030999402
Price: $6.25 CAD
$3.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
18 (13 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Vin Sullivan (original editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: one-shot
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The First Appearance of the Batman

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
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typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
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Detective Comics #27 The Bat-Man Arrives in Gotham City

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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Subject Matter
Remembering the Millennium
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An overview of the context of this issue and the character, and credits on inside of front and inside of back cover.
The Case of the Chemical Syndicate

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
superhero
The Bat-Man [Bruce Wayne] (introduction); Commissioner James Gordon (introduction); Mr. Lambert (introduction, death); Mel Lambert (introduction, Mr. Lambert's son, unnamed in this story); unnamed Police Sergeant (introduction); Steven Crane (introduction, death); Crane's butler (introduction); Paul Rogers (introduction); Alfred Stryker (villain, introduction, death); Jennings (villain, introduction, Stryker's assistant)
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.
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This is an exact reprint of the story as originally published, rather than the redrawn and censored version which appears in some prior reprint editions. The murder victim on page 2, panel 2 does have the knife jutting from his back.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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humorous
Tenderfoot
Good-night, boys - now don't forget your good deeds!
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Rosati Accordions
Johnnie; John; Mildred; Frank
John, Mildred and Frank are excused for orchestra reherseal.
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Killers of Kurdistan

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
mystery
Speed 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)
Speed investigates the murder of two men, on one of which the killers left the symbol of a red crescent, the symbol of the Kurdistan Killers, a sect that both men belonged to but refused to kill for.
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Bullet Bluff

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
western
Buck 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)
Buck investigates the death of a ranch owner in which a black empty cartridge is left behind as a clue to the killer.
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Miscellaneous
6
Story in black and red only.
The Mysterious Murders

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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adventure
Bart Regan; Congressman Sneed (death); Congressman Little (death); Congressman Booker; Congressman Stoker; unnamed spy (villain, death)
Bart investigates the deaths of members of a Committee on un-American activities that were killed by an explosive capsule hidden in their bananas.
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Murder on the Oceanic Line Docks

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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superhero
The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Abe Gold (night club owner, death); un-named hospital nurse (death); Frank (villain); Mike Moran (villain)
The Crimson tracks down a killer who murdered one Abe Gold for welshing on a $100,000 bet.
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6
Death on the Airwaves

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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mystery
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On the lower left of the first page is a small ad for Daisy Air Rifle, and on the lower right of the second page is a small ad for Crowell Publishing company (magazine delivery).

Art credits by Craig Delich.

"By Paul Dean" appears on the sequence, and the credits printed on the inside back cover say the same. The GCD index for the original issue credits the script to Gardner Fox writing as Paul Dean.
The New Orleans Mardi Gras Murder Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
mystery
Bruce Nelson; Ed Lane (a detective); Lili Grauet (death)
Bruce begins his investigation of the death of a young woman due to black magic.
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Miscellaneous
6
Story continued in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #28.
The Mysterious Doctor Fu Manchu

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adventure
Doctor Fu Manchu
Rev. J. D. Eltham; Greba Eltham; Nayland Smith; Vernon Denby; Dr. Petrie; Dr. Fu Manchu (villain)
Fu Manchu attempts to kill Greba Eltham, all in an attempt to keep Rev. Eltham from going to China.
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4
Adapted from the novel by Sax Rohmer. Story continued in Detective Comics (1937 series) #28.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
humorous
Flatfoot Flannigan
Flannigan
Calling all cars -- calling all cars -- bank robbery on Main and Center Streets...
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All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
Illegal Aliens

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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adventure
Cosmo; Carg (Immigration HQ official); Mike Donovan (Policeman); Yen Lo (villain); Kwan Joy Lo (villain); Fo Lee (villain)
Cosmo is placed on a case involving the illegal smuggling of Chinese into America.
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Miscellaneous
6
Story in black and red only.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
humorous
Plain Clothes Pete
Pete, Louie th' Louse is operatin' 'round here again!
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Miscellaneous
4
The Murderer on Vacation

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
mystery
Slam Bradley; Shorty Morgan; Dick Kelly (death); Gale Dennis (villain); "Black Jack" Benson (villain); Nicky (villain); Helger Wetjen (villain)
Shorty and Slam help to find out the whereabouts of a Federal agent who disappeared after trailing an escaped felon to Switzerland.
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Miscellaneous
9
According to Alter Ego #112, Paul Cassidy did some art on this story.
House Advertisement

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House advertisement for: DC Archive Editions. Appears on page 47 in this issue.
Ads

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typeset
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Miscellaneous
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1 new one-page ad for L2 (clothes, Levis) on the back cover.

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