Comic Title: Best of DC #2
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: Nov/Dec 1979
On Sale Date: August 9, 1979 Newsstand Date August 9, 1979
Source: House Ad, DC Comics Presents #14, Page 22

Copyright Date August 9, 1979
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1979

Newsstand Date August 7, 1979
Source: Comic Reader, #171

Newsstand Date August 6, 1979
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #33
For release the week of August 6th

Newsstand Date August 6, 1979
Source: Daily Planet, Vol. 79 #30
Listed as on sale the week of August 6th

Newsstand Date August 6, 1979
Source: Comics Journal, #48

Shipping Date July 16, 1979
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #33

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.95
Page Count: 96
Editor: Paul Levitz

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The People Vs. the Batman"
Pages: 13

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

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

Reprinted From:
Batman #7 (1941)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #7; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #3)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #7; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #3)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #7; next appearance in Batman #8)

Villain(s)

• Freddie Hill (a gang boss; no further appearances)
• Weasel and Horatio Delmar (a killer and a racketeer; die in this story; no further appearances)
• Several unnamed thugs (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Delmar’s secretary and a district attorney (no further appearances)

Comments:
Batman is officially made an honorary member of the police department by Commissioner Gordon.

Synopsis:
Freddie Hill, a gang leader, hires a paid killer to kill his rival Horatio Delmar. The killer, Weasel, succeeds in murdering Delmar and frames Bruce Wayne for the crime. Hill then tries to kill Weasel, but succeeds only in putting him in the hospital.

Robin breaks Bruce out of jail, after Hill hires another man to disguise himself as Batman and try to kill Weasel in the hospital. The real Batman and Robin are able to bring Hill to the police, but the district attorney is against the Caped Crusader. Commissioner Gordon speaks up in Batman’s favor, and Weasel arrives to testify against Hill. Bruce and Batman are both cleared of wrongdoing, and Batman is made an honorary member of the police force.