Comic Title: Batman:The World's Finest Comics Archives Vol. 2 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2004
On Sale Date: April 7, 2004 Direct Market Date April 14, 2004
Source: Previews, Vol. 14 #2 (#182)

Direct Market Date April 7, 2004
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, April 7, 2004

Cover Price: $49.95
Page Count: 228
Editor: Dale Crain

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "A Tree Grows in Gotham City"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Alvin Schwartz
Artist: J. Winslow Mortimer

Reprinted From:
World's Finest Comics #22 (1946)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #111; next appearance in Batman #35)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #111; next appearance in Batman #35)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Detective Comics #110; next appearance in Batman #35)

Villain(s)

• Nails Finney and his mob (Doc named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Francis Van Orsdell and Jenkins (a rich eccentric and his servant; no further appearances)
• Dr. James Martin (a tree surgeon; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman and Robin trail a gang of radium thieves onto the estate of eccentric Francis Van Orsdell, a tree lover. Batman catches Nails Finney and his mob, but can't hold them because the stolen radium can't be found. To catch the crooks, Batman stakes out the airport where another load of radium is being delivered. The crooks again elude capture, but Robin learns they will strike the Ajax Clock Company. This time Batman is able to follow the crooks back to Van Orsdell's estate. He finds the crooks with the stolen radium which they had hidden in a hollow tree. Batman is assisted in apprehending them when the tree falls on top of them.