Comic Title: Batman #20
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Dec/Jan 1943
Approx. On Sale Date: October 13, 1943 Copyright Date October 9, 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
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Trial of Titus Keyes"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Bob Kane
Inker: Jerry Robinson

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 5 HC (2007)
Batman Chronicles Vol. 11 TPB (2013)
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 #20; next appearance in Batman #20)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #20; next appearance in Batman #20)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #18; next appearance in Batman #22)

Villain(s)

• Slick Fingers (aka George Collins; no further appearances)
• Members of Slick's gang (Capt. Suggs, Charley, and Noodle Nolan named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Titus Keyes (a safe manufacturer; no further appearances)
• David Flam, James Stoney, Patrick O'Brien, Jack Paley, and Nick (chief of detectives, a night watchman, a patrolman, a laundry owner and a shoe shine boy; no further appearances)
• An unnamed judge and district attorney (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Titus Keyes is put on trial for a series of safe robberies. Keyes owned a company that manufactured safes and was convicted years earlier of robbery when his company was failing financially. After serving time in prison, Keyes was released. Shortly thereafter the safe robberies began to occur.

Batman and Robin catch Keyes with evidence from the robbed safes. He is arrested and put on trial. However, Batman thinks the evidence may have been planted, so he continues to investigate.

During the trial, Batman is able to discover that Keyes's former cellmate George Collins, aka Slick Fingers knew about the safes. Collins then used the information to frame Keyes. Batman exposes the real crook and Keyes is acquitted.