Comic Title: Batman #21
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Feb/Mar 1944
Approx. On Sale Date: December 10, 1943 Copyright Date December 7, 1943
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1944
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: "The Three Eccentrics"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Joseph Greene
Artist: Dick Sprang

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 6 HC (2010)
Batman Chronicles Vol. 11 TPB (2013)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 3 HC (2017)
Batman:The Golden Age Vol. 6 TPB (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #21; next appearance in Detective Comics #84)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #21; next appearance in Detective Comics #84)

Villain(s)

• Penguin (last appearance in Batman #17; next appearance in Detective Comics #87)
• Sam Chizzel and Spider (a safe cracker and a burglar; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Ebenezer Flint and Gladys Puffe (wealthy eccentrics; no further appearances)
• John White (behind-the-scenes; a wealthy philanthropist; revealed to be dead in this story; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The Penguin recruits two out of work thugs to rob a trio of eccentric millionaires. Batman and Robin try to stop Penguin and his henchmen at each of the three robberies. Penguin avoids capture during the first two encounters, but the third victim has been dead for over a year. Penguin fails in the robbery attempt, and Batman apprehends him.