Comic Title: Batman (Facsimile Edition) #1 [Variant B]
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: November 2023
On Sale Date: September 12, 2023 Direct Market Date September 13, 2023
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Cover Price: $7.99
Page Count: 64

Title: (The Cat)
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Artist: Bob Kane

Reprinted From:
Batman #1 (1940)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #1; next appearance in Batman #1)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #1; next appearance in Batman #1)

Villain(s)

• Catwoman (Selina Kyle; known as the Cat in this story; first appearance; next appearance in Batman #2)
• Denny (Martha Travers’s nephew; no further appearances)
• Several unnamed thieves (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Martha Travers, Roger, and Doctor Wallace (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
Robin goes undercover aboard a boat to protect the valuable necklace of Martha Travers. When the necklace goes missing there are several suspects. Before any can be questions, several theives board the boat to steal the necklace. With it already stolen they begin searching passengers. Robin takes on the thieves with the help of Batman who arrives late.

Robin tells Batman about the suspects as well as someone known as the Cat. Batman returns to the passengers while Robin pulls the fire alarm. The passengers run out of the main cabin to find it a false alarm, but the brief scare causes the Cat to be revealed in the disguise of an old woman Miss Peggs.

Batman and Robin take her and her partner, Denny, into custody. The beautiful thief offers Batman a partnership which he turns down, but she escapes from them thanks to Batman’s blundering. Robin suspects that his partner may have intentionally allowed her to get away.