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 Case of the Missing Link"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Bob Kane
Inker: Jerry Robinson

Reprinted From:
Batman #2 (1940)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #2; next appearance in Detective Comics #43)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #2; next appearance in Detective Comics #43)

Villain(s)

• Hackett and Snead (circus owners; no further appearances)
• Grimes (a hood; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Several unnamed thugs (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Professor Drake and Goliath (both die in this story; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Professor Drake returns from Africa with a fifteen foot man he describes as the missing link. Drake tames the giant and names him Goliath. A circus wants to use Goliath in their show, but the professor refuses to allow it. Hackett and Snead, the circus owners, hire Grimes, a thug, to kill Drake and make it appear a suicide. Goliath witnesses the crime, but is taken to the circus after Drake dies.

At the circus, Goliath spots Grimes in the audience and goes berserk. He kills Grimes and reverts to beastly behavior. Batman and Robin are forced to bring the giant down, but the circus owners are later arrested for Drake’s death.