Comic Title: Batman:The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 7 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2011
On Sale Date: December 22, 2010 Direct Market Date December 22, 2010
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Direct Market Date December 22, 2010
Source: Previews, #260

Cover Price: $59.99
Page Count: 264

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Penguin's Apprentice"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Don Cameron
Penciller: Jack Burnley
Inker: Jerry Robinson

Reprinted From:
Batman #27 (1945)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #95; next appearance in Batman #27)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #95; next appearance in Batman #27)

Villain(s)

• Penguin (last appearance in Batman #25; next appearance in Detective Comics #99)
• Penguin's gang (Louie named; no further appearances)
• Snipe (a counterfeiter; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Penguin's apprentice (no further appearances)
• A book publisher (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Penguin trains the son of one of his criminal friends in the fine points of crime. The boy doesn't want to be a criminal and fails. Penguin orders the boy to study his crime files, which the boy uses to write a book. Penguin decides to sell the book to the underworld, but no publisher will take it.

Penguin steals a truckload of paper, intending to publish the book himself. Batman and Robin are captured while trying to stop the robbery. While Penguin visits a counterfeiter to print the book, Batman and Robin escape. They track down the Penguin with the help of Penguin's apprentice. After the Penguin's capture, Batman arranges for the book to be published to illustrate that crime does not pay.