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Cover Credits
Artist: Bob Kane
FIRST STORY
"The Case of the Chemical Syndicate"
(6 pages)
Credits
Plotter, scripter: Bill Finger
Artist: Bob Kane
Letterer: Bob Kane
Feature Character
Batman (alias Bruce Wayne; first appearance; last chronological appearance in the flashback in the first story of Detective Comics #65; appears next in the first story of Detective Comics #28)
Supporting Character
Commissioner Gordon (first appearance; appears next in the first story of Detective Comics #28)
Villains
Alfred Stryker (partner in the Apex Chemical Corporation; dies in this story), Jennings (his assistant), and two hoods (first and only appearance to date)
Other Characters
Old Lambert (the chemical king; dies in this story) and young Lambert (his son; first and only appearance to date)
Steven Crane (dies in this story) and Paul Rogers (Lambert’s partners; first and only appearance to date)
Comments
This story features the Earth-2 version of Batman; for the purposes of this index, he will be referred to just as Batman. Commissioner Gordon and other characters who also have counterparts on Earth-1 will be referred to by just their name, but it should be noted that these are not the same characters that would later appear in the Silver Age.
Synopsis
Commissioner Gordon receives a call telling him that Old Lambert, the chemical king, has been murdered. Gordon leaves for the crime scene bringing his millionaire friend Bruce Wayne. The prime suspect is Lambert’s son, but the boy claims to have found his father stabbed. A telephone call from Steven Crane, one of Lambert’s partners, reveals that Lambert’s life had been threatened.
Crane is also murdered by two thugs, who also steal a contract. They are confronted by a masked man on a rooftop, the Batman. Batman dispatches the hoods in short order, recovering the contract which leads him to the laboratory of another of Lambert’s partners, Alfred Stryker.
Stryker is being visited by the final partner, Paul Rogers. Rogers is knocked out and nearly killed by Stryker’s assistant, Jennings. Batman arrives in time to save the man and stop Jennings. Stryker also tries to kill Rogers to protect himself from the knowledge that he made secret contracts with the partners for control of the Apex Chemical Corporation. Batman rescues Rogers again, and knocks Stryker into a vat of acid, killing him.
SECOND STORY
"Killers of Kurdistan" (6 pages)
Comments
This story features Speed Saunders. (This story will not be indexed.)
THIRD STORY
"Bullet Bluff" (6 pages)
Comments
This story features Buck Marshall, Range Detective. (This story will not be indexed.)
FOURTH STORY
(The Mysterious Murders) (6 pages)
Comments
This story features Spy. (This story will not be indexed.)
FIFTH STORY
(Murder on the Oceanic Line Docks)
(6 pages)
Comments
This story features Crimson Avenger. (See the Crimson Avenger Index for it’s full listing.)
SIXTH STORY
(The New Orleans Mardi Gras Murder: Part 1) (6 pages)
Comments
This story features Bruce Nelson. (This story will not be indexed.)
SEVENTH STORY
(Untitled) (4 pages)
Comments
This story features Doctor Fu Manchu. (This story will not be indexed.)
EIGHTH STORY
(Illegal Aliens) (6 pages)
Comments
This story features Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise. (This story will not be indexed.)
NINTH STORY
(Untitled) (4 pages)
Comments
This story features Plain Clothes Pete. (This story will not be indexed.)
TENTH STORY
(Untitled) (9 pages)
Comments
This story features Slam Bradley. (See the Slam Bradley Index for it’s full listing.)
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