Comic Title: Detective Comics #219
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: May 1955
Approx. On Sale Date: March 29, 1955 Copyright Date March 27, 1955
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1955
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: 32
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "Gotham City's Strangest Race"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-1)

Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff
Inker: Charles Paris

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #218; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #76)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #218; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #76)

Villain(s)

• Marty Mantee, Lefty Royl, Duke Wilton, and various underworld thugs (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Jack Tallant (a classic car owner; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman and Robin spot several crooks driving old-time automobiles. Suspicious, they remodel an old car into a new batmobile and attend the Millville festival for classic cars. Bruce Wayne enters another old car in the festivities, but thieves steal it. Batman tracks the car down, but is unable to apprehend the thieves.

Another car identical to Bruce's is owned by Jack Tallant. The crooks try to wreck Tallant's car and eventually injure him. Batman deduces that the thieves are after something in the car. He finds that the gas tank is made of solid platinum, having been put there years ago by a thief. Batman exposes the thieves plans to steal the platinum and apprehends them.