Comic Title: Detective Comics #36
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: February 1940
Approx. On Sale Date: January 4, 1940 Copyright Date December 30, 1939
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1940
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth

Title: (Professor Hugo Strange)
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Artist: Bob Kane

Reprinted In:
Batman Archives Vol. 1 HC (1990)
Batman Chronicles Vol. 1 TPB (2005)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2016)
Batman:The Golden Age Vol. 1 TPB (2016)
Batman Arkham:Hugo Strange TPB (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #35; next appearance in Detective Comics #37)

Supporting Character(s)

• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Detective Comics #35; next appearance in Batman #32)

Villain(s)

• Professor Hugo Strange (a criminal mastermind; next appearance in Batman #1)
• Strange’s gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• John Davis (an FBI agent; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Henry Jenkins (an electrical engineer; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman is given a notebook by a dying FBI agent and told the words "Strange" and "Fog". When a dense fog then envelops the city, Batman suspects Professor Hugo Strange, a criminal genius, is behind it.

Using the information in the notebook, Batman is able to thwart Strange’s crimes which occur under the protection of a blinding fog. Strange’s men are able to trap and capture the Dark Knight Detective and bring him to their boss.

Batman awakens and frees himself from captivity. Then he using knockout gas to stop the criminal gang. Finally he tackles Strange himself. Batman learns that the fog was created by a machine developed by Henry Jenkins who is being held captive by Strange. Batman and Jenkins disable the machine, lifting the fog from the city.