Comic Title: Detective Comics #69
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1942
Approx. On Sale Date: September 25, 1942 Copyright Date September 22, 1942
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1942

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth

Title: "The Harlequin's Hoax"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Joseph Greene
Penciller: Bob Kane
Inker: Jerry Robinson

Reprinted In:
Batman Archives Vol. 2 HC (1991)
Batman Chronicles Vol. 7 TPB (2009)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2016)
Batman:The Golden Age Vol. 4 TPB (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #60; next appearance in Batman #14)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #60; next appearance in Batman #14)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #13; next appearance in Batman #14)
• Linda Page (last appearance in Detective Comics #63; next appearance in Batman #15)

Villain(s)

• Joker (last appearance in Batman #13; next appearance in Detective Comics #71)
• Joker's gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Charles Saunders (a department store owner; no further appearances)
• Mr. Fordney (superintendent of a camera warehouse; no further appearances)
• Richard Morse and Jim Brown (business owners; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The Joker send four businessmen strange gifts, then begins robbing their companies. Batman investigates and learns the Joker is blackmailing the men because he knows of a secret past in which the men were involved in. They were all injured in an explosion which killed two others as well, and the men were blamed. Batman exposes the Joker’s plan, but the Harlequin of Hate escapes before he can be captured.