Comic Title: Batman:The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 5 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2007
On Sale Date: November 22, 2006 Direct Market Date November 29, 2006
Source: Previews, Vol. 16 #8 (#212)

Direct Market Date November 22, 2006
Source: Usenet, New Releases List for Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Cover Price: $49.99
Page Count: 216
Editor: Scott Nybakken

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Batman Makes a Deadline"
Pages: 12

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

Artist: Dick Sprang

Reprinted From:
Batman #19 (1943)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #11; next appearance in Batman #19)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #11; next appearance in Batman #19)

Villain(s)

• Skylark Skelly, Legs Lascomb, and their unnamed partner (no further appearances)
• Big Ben Rolling and his gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Larry Spade (a reporter; last name mistakenly printed as Slade once in this story; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• The editor of the Gotham City Graphic (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman rescues reporter Larry Spade from a gang of hitmen. Spade is injured, so Batman helps him by tracking down a lead on his latest story. In the hospital Spade recovers enough to write his expose of a racketeering ring. The crooks again try to silence him, but Batman is waiting for them. Spade's story is published putting an end to the racketeering ring. Spade lives long enough to see the story printed before passing away.