Comic Title: Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 4 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2018
On Sale Date: November 15, 2017 Direct Market Date November 15, 2017
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Direct Market Date November 15, 2017
Source: Previews, #345

Cover Price: $75.00
Page Count: 784
Editor: Paul Santos

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Alfred, Private Detective"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Don Cameron
Artist: Dick Sprang

Reprinted From:
Detective Comics #96 (1945)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #27; next appearance in Detective Comics #97)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #27; next appearance in Detective Comics #97)
• Alfred Beagle (last name Beagle revealed; last appearance in Batman #27; next appearance in Batman #28)

Villain(s)

• Stoney Peters (alias Pete Stone; a bank robber; no further appearances)
• Fingers and Eel (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• J.C. Willis (a banker; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Alfred goes to the nearby town of Middleton to become a private detective. His first client is Pete Stone, who hires Alfred to watch banker J.C. Willis. Alfred completes his assignment, and Stone uses the information to rob Willis. Alfred is arrested for the crime and detained.

Batman and Robin see the crime reported in the newspaper. They suspect Stoney Peters, whom they have been chasing. When they arrive in Middleton and question Alfred in jail, he tells them where he met Pete Stone. Batman leaves to search the hide-out. Then Alfred remembers an important detail, so he escapes jail to follow Batman.

Alfred is caught by the crooks and taken to their hide-out. Batman has also followed clues and located the hide-out aboard a houseboat. Batman, Robin, and Alfred then defeat Stoney Peters and his gang.