Comic Title: Batman:The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2023
On Sale Date: December 20, 2022 Direct Market Date October 4, 2022
Source: DC Connect, #25

Direct Market Date December 21, 2022
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Cover Price: $99.99
Page Count: 728

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Secret of Mechanical City"
Pages: 8

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Dick Sprang
Inker: Charles Paris

Reprinted From:
Batman #114 (1958)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #252; next appearance in Batman #114)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #252; next appearance in Batman #114)

Villain(s)

• Harry "Lightfingers" Hale (a thief; no further appearances)
• Professor Dodge and two henchmen (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman searches for Professor Dodge who he believes has stolen a secret formula on microfilm. After locating Dodge, Batman learns that the formula was actually stolen by another crook named Lightfingers. Dodge is also pursing Lightfingers to get the formula.

Batman tracks both crooks to Mechanical City, a modern city with robots and mechanical inventions. Lightfingers hides the stolen formula inside a robot, then is caught by Dodge. Batman finds the missing formula, then uses the robots to capture both crooks.