Comic Title: Batman #3
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Fall 1940
On Sale Date: October 18, 1940 Newsstand Date October 18, 1940
Source: House Ad, Detective Comics #45, Page 14

Newsstand Date October 20, 1940
Source: House Ad, Action Comics #31, Page 13,
Detective Comics #46, Page 13, Superman #8, Page 45

Copyright Date October 18, 1940
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1940

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

Title: "The Strange Case of the Diabolical Puppet Master"
Pages: 13

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

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

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 1 HC (1992)
Batman Chronicles Vol. 2 TPB (2006)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2016)
Batman:The Golden Age Vol. 1 TPB (2016)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #45; next appearance in Batman #3)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #45; next appearance in Batman #3)

Villain(s)

• Dmitri and his men (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Dr. Craig (an atomic scientist; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Agents of a criminal, Dmitri, scratch an atomic scientist, infecting him with a hypnotic serum. The serum allows Dmitri to control the scientist from afar. Batman prevents the scientist from handing over secret plans to the crook. Later during another battle with Dmitri’s men, Batman is scratched with the serum also. Robin manages to break Batman of the spell before he can turn some stolen loot over to Dmitri. Batman then captures the crook.