DETECTIVE COMICS #27 FACSIMILE EDITION

THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF BATMAN! The legendary Dark Knight has solved many bizarre and frightening cases, but all his storied exploits began right here, with "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate!" Someone has marked the partners of the Apex Chemical Corporation for death, and the first victim has already been claimed. As Police Commissioner Gordon rushes from one crime scene to another, he finds himself one step behind a mysterious figure known only as...the Bat-Man!

Also in this landmark issue: "The Killers of Kurdistan" starring Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator; "Bullet Bluff" starring Buck Marshall, Range Detective; a Spy story by Siegel & Shuster; The Crimson Avenger by Jim Chambers; "Death on the Airwaves" text story by Gardner Fox (as "Paul Dean"), art by Fred Guardineer; Bruce Nelson by Tom Hickey; "The Mysterious Doctor Fu Manchu" by Leo O'Mealia; Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise by Sven Elven; Plain Clothes Pete; and Slam Bradley, also by Siegel & Shuster.

Written by Bill Finger, Gardner Fox, Homer Fleming, Jerry Siegel, Jim Chambers, Tom Hickey, Leo O'Mealia, Sven Elven and Russell Cole.

Art by Bob Kane, Fred Guardineer, Homer Fleming, Wayne Boring, Joe Shuster, Jim Chambers, Tom Hickey, Leo O'Mealia, Sven Elven and Russell Cole.