Comic Title: Batman:The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 7 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2011
On Sale Date: December 22, 2010 Direct Market Date December 22, 2010
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Direct Market Date December 22, 2010
Source: Previews, #260

Cover Price: $59.99
Page Count: 264

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Pearl of Peril"
Pages: 4

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

Writer: Don Cameron
Artist: Jerry Robinson

Reprinted From:
Batman #27 (1945)

Feature Character(s)

• Alfred Beagle (last appearance in Batman #26; next appearance in Detective Comics #96)

Supporting Character(s)

• Bruce Wayne (last appearance in Batman #27; next appearance in Batman #27)
• Dick Grayson (last appearance in Batman #27; next appearance in Batman #27)

Villain(s)

• Pistol-Packin' Pete and a con man (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A restaurant diner (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Alfred enjoys a meal at a restaurant. Suddenly another patron finds a pearl in one of his oysters. The man auctions the pearl off as two other patrons bid on it. The winner leaves, but the loser pursues him. The man who found the pearl also leaves. Alfred follows him because he picked up the wrong check.

Outside, Alfred witnesses the auction loser holding up the winner. He stops the robbery and the man who found the pearl as well. When the police arrive, they credit Alfred with capturing the loser, who is a crook. The man who found the pearl also admits that the pearl was a fake. He is arrested, and Alfred gets the credit, despite the face that he had no idea the pearl was fake.