Comic Title: Batman (Facsimile Edition) #5 [Variant A]
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: February 2024
On Sale Date: December 5, 2023 Direct Market Date December 6, 2023
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Cover Price: $8.99
Page Count: 64

Title: "The Case of the Honest Crook"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Bob Kane
Inker: Jerry Robinson

Reprinted From:
Batman #5 (1941)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #5; next appearance in Batman #5)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #5; next appearance in Batman #5)

Villain(s)

• Matty Link (a hood; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Smiley Sikes and his mob (gangsters; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Joe Sands and Ann Davis (a young couple; no further appearances)
• An unnamed doctor and a shopkeeper (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman stops a small-time thief, Joe Sands and learns that Joe was framed from a drunk driving accident by a gangster, Matty Link. Batman confronts Matty’s boss, Smiley Sikes, to get information about the case. Sikes kills Link to make sure the hood doesn’t talk, so Batman sends Robin to gather evidence.

Sikes’ mob catch Robin and beat him almost to death. An angered Batman, breaks up the mob surviving three gunshot wounds in the process. Sands is cleared and both members of the Dynamic Duo survive thanks to a friendly doctor.