Comic Title: Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 9 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2021
On Sale Date: June 1, 2021 Direct Market Date June 2, 2021
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Direct Market Date June 1, 2021
Source: DC Connect, #8

Cover Price: $125.00
Page Count: 672
Editor: Reza Lokman

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Duplicate Batman"
Pages: 10

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-1)

Writer: David Vern Reed
Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff
Inker: Charles Paris

Reprinted From:
Batman #83 (1954)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #69; next appearance in Batman #83)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #69; next appearance in Batman #83)
• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Batman #81; next appearance in Detective Comics #209)

Villain(s)

• Fish Frye and his men (Gimlet Hawkins named; no further appearances)
• The Carter Gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Harry Larson (an ex-con; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman crashes the Batplane in a remote mountain area. Crooks learn of the crash from a weak radio signal. They decide to raid Gotham while Batman is out of action. To help them, they recruit Harry Larson, an ex-con and Bruce Wayne look-a-like, to play Batman.

Larson is struck in the head while taking on a rival gang. Robin finds him and believes him to be the real Batman. Larson's injury causes partial amnesia, so he too thinks he is Batman.

Batman eventually makes his way off the mountain, but the crooks find him. They believe he is Harry Larson and has double-crossed them. They leave him in a death-trap to die.

Robin eventually realizes Harry is not the real Batman. When he sees Batman in the death-trap, he believes it to be an imposter. Harry recovers his real memory and saves Batman, but he is killed by a high voltage charge. Batman proves his identity to Robin and helps capture the crooks.