Comic Title: Batman #187
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Dec/Jan 1966
On Sale Date: October 6, 1966 Copyright Date October 6, 1966
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1966

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of Jan. and April; (semi-monthly, Dec.)
Cover Price: $0.25
Page Count: 80
Editor: Jack Schiff

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Notes:
This issue is labeled 80pg. Giant #G-30.

Title: "Batman's First Case"
Pages: 12

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

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

Reprinted From:
Detective Comics #265 (1959)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #100; next appearance in Superman #128)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #100; next appearance in Batman #123)

Villain(s)

• The Clock (Kyle—probably his last name; a costumed crook; no further appearances)
• Joe Chill (in flashback; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Detective Comics #235)

Other Character(s)

• Tom Rogers (Kyle’s former cellmate; no further appearances)
• A prisoner warden and a several watch factory workers (no further appearances)
• Thomas Wayne (dies in flashback; last appearance in Detective Comics #235; no further appearances)
• Martha Wayne (dies in flashback; last appearance in Detective Comics #235; no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Batman (during his first case; last appearance in Justice League of America #37; next appearance in Detective Comics #227)
• Bruce Wayne (witness to his parents' murder; last appearance in Detective Comics #370; next appearance in Detective Comics #235)

Comments:
Batman’s origin is recapped and the story of his first case is told.

Synopsis:
Batman is threatened by a costumed crook, the Clock. He remembers the Clock’s face from his past. Clock is really Kyle, the first criminal Batman ever captured. Kyle wants revenge on Batman for sending him to prison.

Batman battles the Clock at a watch factory but is captured. Clock plants a bomb set to go off at 3 o’clock, the exact time his jail sentence began. The Caped Crusader escapes in time and catches Kyle, returning him to jail.