Comic Title: Best of DC #30
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1982
On Sale Date: August 5, 1982 Newsstand Date August 5, 1982
Source: House Ad, All-Star Squadron #14, Page 32

Newsstand Date August 5, 1982
Source: Comic Reader, #203

Newsstand Date August 5, 1982
Source: Comics Journal, #75

Newsstand Date August 5, 1982
Source: Amazing Heroes, #13

Copyright Date July 20, 1982
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1982
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.25
Page Count: 96
Editor: Len Wein

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "Wanted for Murder-One, the Batman"
Pages: 15

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

Writer: Dennis J. O'Neil
Penciller: Irving H. Novick
Inker: Dick Giordano
Letterer: John Costanza

Reprinted From:
Batman #225 (1970)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #407; next appearance in Batman #225)

Supporting Character(s)

• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Brave & the Bold #91; next appearance in Detective Comics #404)

Villain(s)

• Squeaky Piper (thug for hire; no further appearances)
• Sy Semple (a small-time hood; no further appearances)
• Two of Sy's associates (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Jonah Jory (a talk show host; no further appearances)
• Anderson P. Forsythe (a night watchman; no further appearances)
• Arthur Reeves (last appearance in Detective Comics #399; next appearance in Batman #234)

Synopsis:
Commissioner Gordon appears on a television talk show. The host, Jonah Jory, grills him about the Batman. Later Jory is murdered. The nearby night watchman spots Batman outside the window and reports it to the police. Gordon is forced to give the order to have Batman arrested for murder.

Meanwhile, Batman tracks down two low-level thugs. One was hired to impersonate Batman. The other was hired to make sure that the impostor was seen by witnesses. Despite the police surveillance, Batman visits the scene of the murder to finish solving the mystery. Jory killed himself and framed Batman. Once the mystery is solved, Batman is cleared of wrong-doing.