Batman #22 - Story 3
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February 9, 1944
"Conversational Clue"
What I find cute about this Alfred story is that it's only four pages long, but we still get a splash panel and not a whole page as we're introduced to The Adventures of Alfred.
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The story starts as Alfred spends an afternoon in the public library studying various methods of detection. He briefly strikes up a conversation with a man who says he is studying to be a professor in criminology. He then overhears two men talking about committing the perfect murder. He follows them back to their place only to discover they are writing a radio script.
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