
Synopsis
The Bat-Man investigates the murder of a chemical tycoon, discovering that one of his partners murdered him to steal the secret contracts that would leave him as the sole owner of the Apex Chemical Corporation.
Notes
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Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger, Charles Biro, Gardner Fox, Homer Fleming, Jerry Siegel, Jim Chambers, Tom Hickey, Leo O'Mealia, Paul Gustavson, Sven Elven, Russell Cole
- Pencils
- Bob Kane, Charles Biro, Fred Guardineer, Homer Fleming, Wayne Boring, Jim Chambers, Tom Hickey, Leo O'Mealia, Paul Gustavson, Russell Cole, Joe Shuster
- Inks
- Bob Kane, Charles Biro, Fred Guardineer, Homer Fleming, Wayne Boring, Jim Chambers, Tom Hickey, Leo O'Mealia, Paul Gustavson, Russell Cole, Joe Shuster
- Letters
- Bob Kane, Fred Guardineer, Paul Gustavson, Sven Elven, Russell Cole
- Editor
- Vin Sullivan
- Illustrated by
- Sven Elven
- Original author
- Sax Rohmer
Characters
- Bruce Wayne
- Batman
- Commissioner James Gordon
- Speed Saunders
- Buck Marshall
- Bart Regan
- Lee Travis
- Wing How
- The Crimson Avenger
- Wing
- Bruce Nelson
- Cosmo, the Phantom of Disguise
- Slam Bradley
- Shorty Morgan
Ratings
Other printings & variants
- Facsimile Edition
- Facsimile Edition (Convention Edition Presented by the Comics Mint)
- Facsimile Edition (Frankie's Comics Blank Cover)
- Facsimile Edition (Whatnot Aaron Bartling Minimal Trade Dress Cover)
- Facsimile Edition (Whatnot Aaron Bartling Virgin Cover)
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