Dates
- Cover date
- October-November 1952
- On sale
- August 27, 1952
- Pages
- 44
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Guns for Hire! · 9.67 pages
Batman goes undercover to find the head of a criminal organization that rents out guns to other criminals to commit crimes and then disposes of the weapons afterward so they can't be used as evidence.
- Vicki Vale's Secret! · 9.5 pages
Vicki Vale shows up at Wayne Manor fearing for her life after she accidentally photographs the criminal "Keys" Bennett. Batman and Robin set out to track down "Keys", but they are unaware that Vicki is planning to take advantage of the situation to learn Batman's secret identity.
- Finger Print Forgeries · 2 pages
- The Joker's Utility Belt! · 12 pages
When the Joker's seemingly easy capture of the Caped Crusaders goes terribly wrong when Batman springs a surprise on him using his utility belt, the Crime Clown decides to outdo the Batman with his own utility belt!
Reprinted in
Batman (1950), Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus (2015), Detective Comics (1937), Adventure Comics (1938), Strange Adventures (1950), Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (1954), Batman [Golden Story Teller Record Comic] (1966), Caped Crusader Classics! (1988), The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (1988), The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (1989), The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (1989), Stacked Deck: The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (1990), The Joker: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2008), Batman: The TV Stories (2013)