Comic Title: Batman #7
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Oct/Nov 1941
On Sale Date: August 13, 1941 Newsstand Date August 13, 1941
Source: House Ad, Detective Comics #55, Page 27

Copyright Date August 8, 1941
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1941
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: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The Trouble Trap"
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. 2 HC (1995)
Batman Chronicles Vol. 4 TPB (2007)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2016)
Batman:The Golden Age Vol. 2 TPB (2017)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #7; next appearance in Batman #7)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #7; next appearance in Batman #7)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #7; next appearance in Batman #7)
• Linda Page (last appearance in Detective Comics #55; next appearance in Detective Comics #57)

Villain(s)

• Granda (a swami; no further appearances)
• Two giant hindus and two hoodlums (Joe named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Henry Abbot (dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Carl Dwyer (a friend of Bruce Wayne; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman and Robin uncover a blackmail scheme conducted by a phony swami. Batman phones Commissioner Gordon to alert him of the illegal activity, but Gordon’s search turns up no evidence. Granda the swami is angered with Batman, so he has Linda Page kidnapped. Batman foils the plan, then infiltrates the swami’s men. Gordon arrives again, this time catching Granda in the act. Batman and Gordon part on friendly terms for perhaps the first time.