Comic Title: Batman #17
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jun/Jul 1943
On Sale Date: April 9, 1943 Newsstand Date April 9, 1943
Source: House Ad, Detective Comics #75, Page 13

Copyright Date April 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: 56
Contains: Ownership Statement
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "Adventure of the Vitamin Vandals"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Joseph Greene
Penciller: Bob Kane
Inker: Jerry Robinson

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 5 HC (2007)
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 #17; next appearance in Detective Comics #76)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #17; next appearance in Detective Comics #76)

Villain(s)

• The Phantom Raiders (Lefty named; no further appearances)
• Archie Gibbons (a fish broker; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A crew of fishermen (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A ship of shark fishermen is robbed of their cargo by a group of Phantom Raiders, who appear and disappear from nowhere. Batman and Robin join the crew on the next voyage and learn that the bandits are striking from a camouflaged blimp. The Dynamic Duo is unable to apprehend the crooks, but they trace them back to a warehouse. Batman then exposes fish broker Archie Gibbons as the leader of the mob. He sent the bandits to steal the sharks, rather than paying the fishermen fairly for their work. Batman shuts down the operation, then enjoys a vacation.