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 People Vs. the Batman"
Pages: 13

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

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

Reprinted In:
Batman #242 (1972)
Best of DC #2 (1979)
Batman:The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 2 HC (1995)
Batman in the Forties TPB (2004)
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 World's Finest Comics #3)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #7; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #3)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #7; next appearance in Batman #8)

Villain(s)

• Freddie Hill (a gang boss; no further appearances)
• Weasel and Horatio Delmar (a killer and a racketeer; die in this story; no further appearances)
• Several unnamed thugs (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Delmar’s secretary and a district attorney (no further appearances)

Comments:
Batman is officially made an honorary member of the police department by Commissioner Gordon.

Synopsis:
Freddie Hill, a gang leader, hires a paid killer to kill his rival Horatio Delmar. The killer, Weasel, succeeds in murdering Delmar and frames Bruce Wayne for the crime. Hill then tries to kill Weasel, but succeeds only in putting him in the hospital.

Robin breaks Bruce out of jail, after Hill hires another man to disguise himself as Batman and try to kill Weasel in the hospital. The real Batman and Robin are able to bring Hill to the police, but the district attorney is against the Caped Crusader. Commissioner Gordon speaks up in Batman’s favor, and Weasel arrives to testify against Hill. Bruce and Batman are both cleared of wrongdoing, and Batman is made an honorary member of the police force.