Comic Title: Batman #54
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Aug/Sep 1949
Approx. On Sale Date: June 10, 1949 Copyright Date June 8, 1949
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1949
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
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Amazing Masquerade"
Pages: 12

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

Penciller: Lew Sayre Schwartz
Inker: Charles Paris

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 6 HC (2019)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #54; next appearance in Detective Comics #150)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #54; next appearance in Detective Comics #150)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #95; next appearance in Detective Comics #150)

Villain(s)

• John Foster (no further appearances)
• The Human Spider Mob (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• George C. Hudson (an architect; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Fellows and Martha (Hudson's butler and fiancee; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
John Foster discovers that he looks identical to architect George C. Hudson. He kills Hudson and assumes the man's life. Foster is able to fool Hudson's butler, fiancee, and even his friend Bruce Wayne. Foster uses his new identity to build secret panels into the ceilings of buildings which allow his gang to enter and rob them.

Bruce Wayne eventually realizes that Hudson is a phony when Foster pretends to have Hudson's allergic reaction to roses. However, the roses were plastic replicas. Foster then tries to kill Bruce in a burning building. Bruce is able to escape through the secret panel in the roof. Batman then tricks Foster into exposing himself and arrests the crook.