Comic Title: Batman #27
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Feb/Mar 1945
Approx. On Sale Date: December 13, 1944 Copyright Date December 11, 1944
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
Contains: Ownership Statement
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Pearl of Peril"
Pages: 4

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

Writer: Don Cameron
Artist: Jerry Robinson

Reprinted In:
Batman #260 (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 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.