Comic Title: Batman:The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 1 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1992
On Sale Date: June 2, 1992 Shipping Date June 2, 1992
Source: Previews, Vol. 2 #3 (#39)

Shipping Date June 2, 1992
Source: Direct Currents, #52

Direct Market Date June 10, 1992
Source: Usenet, Capital City : MISC: New Books-6/10/92

Direct Market Date June 4, 1992
Source: Comic Shop News, #258

Cover Price: $39.95
Page Count: 224
Editor: Bob Kahan

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Case of the Clubfoot Murderers"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Artist: Bob Kane

Reprinted From:
Batman #2 (1940)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #2; next appearance in Batman #2)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #2; next appearance in Batman #2)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #2; next appearance in Batman #3)

Villain(s)

• Ward (a family lawyer and murderer; no further appearances)
• Varrick and his men (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Harley Storme, Abel, and Roger (a millionaire, his brother, and son; all die in this story; no further appearances)
• Portia, Carl, and Tommy (Harley’s niece, brother, and nephew; no further appearances)
• Clubfoot Beggs (a suspected killer; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Harley Storme, a millionaire, is killed by a clubfoot killer. His family is given small pieces of gold with strange inscriptions on them. The killer begins killing family members, despite Batman’s efforts. Finally, Batman learns that the killer is Ward, the family lawyer. He had planned to take the family’s gold pieces which represented their stakes in a gold mine. Batman stops the man, who disguised himself as Clubfoot Beggs, an old enemy of Storme.