Comic Title: Batman:The World's Finest Comics Archives Vol. 1 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2002
On Sale Date: September 25, 2002 Direct Market Date September 18, 2002
Source: Previews, Vol. 12 #7 (#163)

Direct Market Date September 25, 2002
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, September 25, 2002

Cover Price: $49.95
Page Count: 240
Editor: Dale Crain

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Salvage Scavengers"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Jerry Robinson
Inker: George Roussos

Reprinted From:
World's Finest Comics #14 (1944)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #88; next appearance in Detective Comics #89)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #88; next appearance in Detective Comics #89)

Villain(s)

• Jib Buckler (a salvager; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Captain Moss and Fishin' Chipps (a salvager and a fisherman; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A ship is sunk in the waters outside Gotham City. Salvager Jib Buckler is on the scene first to claim the salvage rights which he then sells to Captain Moss. Batman and Robin suspect trouble when they learn this is not the first ship to sink under strange circumstances.

Batman and Robin join Captain Moss in salvage operations. They discover treachery as someone tries to steal the ship's cargo, then plants a bomb. Batman is unable to catch the perpetrator. The trail leads him to fisherman Fishin' Chipps. Batman follows Chipps, and eventually learns he is innocent. The real crook is Buckler, who sinks the ships with a torpedo boat. Buckler appears to perish in an explosion, ending the threat of further sabotage.