Comic Title: Detective Comics #79
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 1943
Approx. On Sale Date: July 23, 1943 Copyright Date July 20, 1943
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1943
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 56
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "Destiny's Auction"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Don Cameron
Artist: Jerry Robinson

Reprinted In:
Batman Archives Vol. 3 HC (1994)
Batman Chronicles Vol. 10 TPB (2011)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 3 HC (2017)
Batman:The Golden Age Vol. 5 TPB (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #78; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #11)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #78; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #11)

Villain(s)

• Diamond Pete Ransome, Lefty, and Joe (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Madame Calagra (a fortune teller; no further appearances)
• Judy O’Casson, Mrs. Midge, and Tremaine Wentworth (an actress, a landlady, and an actor; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Three people visit a fortune teller and have her predictions come true. In each case the person loses a trunk. They each try to retrieves the trunks a year later at a police auction. The first trunk is bought by Judy O’Casson, the second by Tremaine Wentworth, and the third by Diamond Pete Ransome.

Batman and Robin trail Ransome to find evidence from one of his crimes. Ransome expects to find diamonds in the trunk, but instead finds Wentworth’s costumes. Batman visits Wentworth in search of the diamonds, but in Wentworth’s trunk are Judy’s belongings. Ransome gets to Judy first to retrieve the stolen diamonds. Batman catches him, and through fate Wentworth and Judy perform in a play together, fulfilling the fortune teller’s prediction.