Comic Title: Detective Comics #236
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1956
Approx. On Sale Date: August 23, 1956 Copyright Date August 21, 1956
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1956
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: "The New-Model Batman"
Pages: 10

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

Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff
Inker: Stan Kaye

Reprinted In:
Batman in the Fifties TPB (2021)
Batman:The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2023)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #103; next appearance in Detective Comics #237)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #103; next appearance in Detective Comics #237)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #103; next appearance in Detective Comics #237)

Villain(s)

• Wallace Waley (a criminal scientist; no further appearances)
• Various Gotham City mob bosses (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
When scientist Wallace Waley is released from prison, he unveils his new anti-Batman inventions to the underworld. He sells the new devices to mobsters which allow their gangs to escape from Batman. To combat the crooks' new tactics Batman develops a new Bat-Signal, a new Batmobile, and other new crime fighting methods. Batman apprehends the various mobs, but Waley himself keeps one anti-Batman device in reserve. He uses a trick in an attempt to expose Batman's secret identity. However, Batman outwits the scientist's plan, then arrests him.