Comic Title: Batman #59
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jun/Jul 1950
Approx. On Sale Date: April 14, 1950 Copyright Date April 12, 1950
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1950
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: "Batman in the Future"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Lew Sayre Schwartz
Inker: Charles Paris

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 7 HC (2019)
Batman in the Fifties TPB (2021)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #59; next appearance in Detective Comics #160)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #59; next appearance in Detective Comics #160)
• Carter Nichols (last appearance in Batman #58; next appearance in Detective Comics #167)

Villain(s)

• Joker (last appearance in Batman #57; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #48)
• Zarro and his space pirates (no further appearances)
• Erkham (an engineer; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Chief Rokej and his men (no further appearances)
• John Milman and Martin (a space ship factory owner and a pilot; no further appearances)
• Superintendent Smith and several factory workers (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman and Robin are sent into the future by Professor Nichols. They accidentally prevent the apprehension of a space pirate named Zarro because the chief of police looks like the Joker. The chief is Rokej, the Joker's ancestor.

To make up for the mistake, Batman offers to help stop the space pirates that have been looting space ships. Batman takes a job at the Milman space ship factory where he suspects the pirates are being tipped off. With Batman's help Zarro is apprehended.

A saboteur damages Milman's best ship, so Batman enters a specially constructed Bat-ship in a race around the solar system. The saboteur strikes again, but Batman wins the race anyway. Batman then fingers Engineer Erkham and the saboteur who was working for a rival company.