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 Laughing Death"
Pages: 13

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

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

Reprinted From:
Detective Comics #45 (1940)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #44; next appearance in Batman #3)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #44; next appearance in Batman #3)

Villain(s)

• Joker (last appearance in Batman #2; next appearance in Batman #4)
• A gang of hoodlums (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Joshua Slade (a museum owner; no further appearances)
• A district attorney (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman stops a museum robbery and follows one of the crooks to a music store. Although, he loses the man, Batman returns later to find suspicious men leaving the place. He follows them to another robbery where Joker steals the loot from the men while Batman battles them.

Batman follows Joker and learns that his foe is the owner of the music store. Joker is double-crossing his men and taking the loot for himself. The Joker traps Batman, but after a quick escape, Batman trails his foe to a ship carrying a jade buddah. Joker tries to steal the item, Batman stops him, and Joker falls to his apparent death in the ocean.