Comic Title: Batman in the Forties TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2004
On Sale Date: March 10, 2004 Direct Market Date March 3, 2004
Source: Previews, Vol. 14 #1 (#181)

Direct Market Date March 10, 2004
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, March 10, 2004

Direct Market Date March 3, 2004
Source: Comic Shop News, #870

Cover Price: $19.95
Page Count: 192
Editor: Robert Greenberger

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The People Vs. the Batman"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Bob Kane
Inker: Jerry Robinson

Reprinted From:
Batman #7 (1941)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #7; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #3)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #7; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #3)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #7; next appearance in Batman #8)

Villain(s)

• Freddie Hill (a gang boss; no further appearances)
• Weasel and Horatio Delmar (a killer and a racketeer; die in this story; no further appearances)
• Several unnamed thugs (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Delmar’s secretary and a district attorney (no further appearances)

Comments:
Batman is officially made an honorary member of the police department by Commissioner Gordon.

Synopsis:
Freddie Hill, a gang leader, hires a paid killer to kill his rival Horatio Delmar. The killer, Weasel, succeeds in murdering Delmar and frames Bruce Wayne for the crime. Hill then tries to kill Weasel, but succeeds only in putting him in the hospital.

Robin breaks Bruce out of jail, after Hill hires another man to disguise himself as Batman and try to kill Weasel in the hospital. The real Batman and Robin are able to bring Hill to the police, but the district attorney is against the Caped Crusader. Commissioner Gordon speaks up in Batman’s favor, and Weasel arrives to testify against Hill. Bruce and Batman are both cleared of wrongdoing, and Batman is made an honorary member of the police force.