Comic Title: Batman #16
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Apr/May 1943
On Sale Date: February 10, 1943 Newsstand Date February 10, 1943
Source: House Ad, Detective Comics #73, Page 14

Copyright Date February 6, 1943
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1943
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: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Adventures of the Branded Tree"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Don Cameron
Artist: Jack Burnley

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 4 HC (2003)
Batman Chronicles Vol. 9 TPB (2010)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 3 HC (2017)
Batman:The Golden Age Vol. 5 TPB (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #16; next appearance in Batman #16)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #16; next appearance in Batman #16)

Villain(s)

• Bull Beeton and his gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Olaf Yonson (a lumberjack; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Scotty (Olaf's partner; no further appearances)
• Employees of the Perkins Paper Mill (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman and Robin overhear a gunshot in the woods near a paper mill. They find three city crooks attacking some lumberjacks. The crooks get away, so Batman questions the still living lumberjack. He explains that he was cutting down a tree with a dagger-shaped mark on it when the crooks attacked.

Suspecting the crooks will return, Batman stays near the mill. The crooks get jobs at the mill to look for the tree with the dagger-shaped mark. Batman finds them, but once again the crooks escape. Before they do, they hide the contents of the tree in a roll of paper.

Later Batman and Robin see the paper being delivered. The crooks strike again, but this time Batman captures them. He also recovers stolen jewels that the crooks had originally hid inside the tree.