Comic Title: Batman #39
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Feb/Mar 1947
Approx. On Sale Date: December 13, 1946 Copyright Date December 11, 1946
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1946-1947
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: 48
Contains: Ownership Statement
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Man in the Iron Mask"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Bob Kane
Inker: Ray Burnley

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 5 HC (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #39; next appearance in Batman #39)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #39; next appearance in Batman #39)

Villain(s)

• Iron-Hat Ferris (a mob snitch; no further appearances)
• Henry Kendall (a candidate for district attorney; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Specs and his men (Slim named; no further appearances)
• Joey (an underworld crook; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• The Gotham City district attorney (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
When gangland learns that Iron-Hat Ferris has leaked information to the police, a gang boss welds an iron mask onto the snitch's head. Wanted by police and exiled by gangland, Ferris seeks to get the mask removed while Batman closes in on him. Luckily for him, Ferris manages to escape.

Ferris's escape embarrasses the office of the district attorney. A district attorney candidate Henry Kendall plays up the failure in the media. Kendall then locates Ferris on his own and removes the mask. Kendall then wears the mask and commits crimes to further embarrass the police. Batman tracks him down after following a tracking device he has planted on the man. Batman learns the scheme and rescues Ferris. Kendall runs away, but is struck down when a lightning bolt strikes the iron mask.