Comic Title: Detective Comics #46
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1940
Approx. On Sale Date: November 5, 1940 Copyright Date October 30, 1940
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 Strange's Fear Dust)
Pages: 12

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

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

Reprinted In:
Batman Archives Vol. 1 HC (1990)
Batman Chronicles Vol. 3 TPB (2007)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2016)
Batman:The Golden Age Vol. 2 TPB (2017)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #3; next appearance in DC Special #29)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #3; next appearance in Detective Comics #47)

Villain(s)

• Professor Hugo Strange (last appearance in Batman #1; next appearance in Brave & the Bold #182)
• Carstairs and his gang (gangsters; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
Batman breaks up a gang of criminals. One hoodlum asks Batman to let him go in exchange for information about a big job being conducted by a racketeer, Carstairs. Batman allows the men to escape, but the hoodlum promises to inform Batman later.

The hoodlum attends a gang meeting where a plan is explained. Hugo Strange has developed a fear dust that allows the gang to committ crimes without interference. Batman learns of the plan from the hoodlum and obtains the antidote. He and Robin then stop the crooks. Strange apparently falls to his death.