Comic Title: Batman:The Golden Age Vol. 1 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2016
On Sale Date: August 10, 2016 Direct Market Date August 10, 2016
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Direct Market Date August 10, 2016
Source: Previews, #332

Cover Price: $24.99
Page Count: 416
Editor: Paul Santos

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Spies"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-2)

Writer: Bill Finger
Artist: Bob Kane

Reprinted From:
Detective Comics #37 (1940)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #36; next appearance in Detective Comics #38)

Villain(s)

• Count Grutt (alias the Head, alias Elias Turg; a foreign spy; no further appearances)
• Three thugs (die in this story; no further appearances)
• Several saboteurs (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Joey (dies in this story; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman hears screams coming from an old house and investigates. Inside a man, Joey, is being beaten. Batman knocks out the thugs, but Joey knocks him out and kills the thugs. Batman follows Joey’s trail to a man named Turg, who kills Joey for leading the Batman to them.

Batman learns that Turg and the gang plan to destroy a ship as they are foreign spies. Batman prevents the sabotage and defeats the gang. Then the Caped Crusader follows clues to the Head, Count Grutt, who is also Elias Turg. Batman battles Grutt who falls upon his own sword and dies.