Comic Title: Batman #102
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 1956
Approx. On Sale Date: July 19, 1956 Copyright Date July 17, 1956
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1956
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: Monthly, with the exception of January, May, July, and NovemberMonthly, with the exception of January, May, July, and November
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Batman from Babylon"
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Dick Sprang
Inker: Charles Paris

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2023)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #102; next appearance in Batman #102)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #102; next appearance in Batman #102)
• Carter Nichols (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #82; next appearance in Batman #112)

Villain(s)

• Brand Bartor (no further appearances)
• King Beladin and his men (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• King Lanak and Mero (a Babylonian slave; no further appearances)
• Horace Halley (an archaeologist; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Brand Bartor walks the streets of Gotham in a Batman costume. He is arrested for impersonating Batman. At trial Bartor claims that Batman is impersonating a Babylonian Batman as evidenced by a wall painting recently uncovered by archaeologist Horace Halley.

Batman knows that he is really the person depicted in the painting, since he and Robin were sent back to Babylon in their identities of Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson. Batman helped to overthrow a tyrannical ruler, King Beladin. However, Batman can't publicly explain his involvement since Bruce Wayne was the one sent back in time.

Batman does lead the archaeologist to another discover. A statue of the Babylonian hero Zorn who resembles Batman is uncovered. The wall painting is then believed to be Zorn, so Bartor's claim that Batman is impersonating a Babylonian Batman is disproved.