Comic Title: Batman #28
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Apr/May 1945
Approx. On Sale Date: February 14, 1945 Copyright Date February 12, 1945
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1945
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Great Handcuff King"
Pages: 4

Feature(s):
Alfred Beagle (of Earth-2)

Writer: Joe Samachson
Artist: Jerry Robinson

Reprinted In:
Batman Family #1 (1975)
Batman:The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 7 HC (2011)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 4 HC (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Alfred Beagle (last appearance in Detective Comics #96; next appearance in Batman #28)

Supporting Character(s)

• Bruce Wayne (last appearance in Batman #28; next appearance in Batman #28)
• Dick Grayson (last appearance in Batman #28; next appearance in Batman #28)

Villain(s)

• The Murton Gang (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Alfred purchases some handcuffs to assist him in his desire to be a detective. He visits his butler friend Ronny Lowndes to show off his new purchase, but finds Ronny out of town.

Alfred's enthusiasm to test the handcuffs leads him to try them out on Ronny's substitute. Unbeknowst to Alfred the man is a crook. Alfred unwittingly stops the man and his partners from looting a safe, capturing them with the handcuffs. Everyone believes Alfred's actions were intentional, but Alfred knows it was only an accident.