Comic Title: Detective Comics #409
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: March 1971
On Sale Date: January 28, 1971 Copyright Date January 28, 1971
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1971

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.15
Page Count: 32
Contains: Ownership Statement
Circulation: 209757
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "Man in the Eternal Mask"
Pages: 15

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Frank Robbins
Penciller: Bob Brown
Inker: Frank Giacoia

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents:Batman Vol. 6 TPB (2016)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Justice League of America #88; next appearance in Superman #236)

Villain(s)

• Tracy Calhoun (an athlete; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Rene Leclerq (an artist; no further appearances)
• Mrs. Trewsbury (a charity leader; no further appearances)
• Mrs. Leclerq (Rene's wife; no further appearances)
• Two staff members at an art gallery (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman is called in to investigate after a portrait of late philanthropist Hiram Cronin is vandalized in the Gotham Museum. Batman visits the artist Rene Leclerq who is completing a portrait of the Caped Crusader. This portrait has also been vandalized.

Batman has Rene fix the painting. They then unveil it at the museum. That night the vandal returns, and Batman is waiting. However, Batman is knocked out. When he recovers, he tracks down Leclerq who is being confronted by Tracy Calhoun, a former portrait subject. Calhoun was disfigured in a car crash after Leclerq made him late for an appointment. The former athlete blames the artist and has been destroying his work. Batman arrives in time to save Leclerq. Calhoun is killed when his own portrait falls on top of him.