Comic Title: Detective Comics #265
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: March 1959
On Sale Date: January 22, 1959 Newsstand Date January 22, 1959
Source: House Ad, Batman #122, Page 9

Copyright Date January 22, 1959
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1959

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "Batman's First Case"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Dick Sprang
Inker: Charles Paris

Reprinted In:
Batman #187 (1966)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #100; next appearance in Superman #128)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #100; next appearance in Batman #123)

Villain(s)

• The Clock (Kyle—probably his last name; a costumed crook; no further appearances)
• Joe Chill (in flashback; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Detective Comics #235)

Other Character(s)

• Tom Rogers (Kyle’s former cellmate; no further appearances)
• A prisoner warden and a several watch factory workers (no further appearances)
• Thomas Wayne (dies in flashback; last appearance in Detective Comics #235; no further appearances)
• Martha Wayne (dies in flashback; last appearance in Detective Comics #235; no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Batman (during his first case; last appearance in Justice League of America #37; next appearance in Detective Comics #227)
• Bruce Wayne (witness to his parents' murder; last appearance in Detective Comics #370; next appearance in Detective Comics #235)

Comments:
Batman’s origin is recapped and the story of his first case is told.

Synopsis:
Batman is threatened by a costumed crook, the Clock. He remembers the Clock’s face from his past. Clock is really Kyle, the first criminal Batman ever captured. Kyle wants revenge on Batman for sending him to prison.

Batman battles the Clock at a watch factory but is captured. Clock plants a bomb set to go off at 3 o’clock, the exact time his jail sentence began. The Caped Crusader escapes in time and catches Kyle, returning him to jail.