Comic Title: Showcase Presents Batman Vol. 1 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2006
On Sale Date: August 30, 2006 Direct Market Date August 30, 2006
Source: Previews, Vol. 16 #6 (#210)

Direct Market Date August 30, 2006
Source: Usenet, New Releases List for Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Cover Price: $16.99
Page Count: 552
Editor: Emily Ryan Lerner

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Puzzle of the Perilous Prizes"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Artist: Joe Giella

Reprinted From:
Batman #170 (1965)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #170; next appearance in Detective Comics #337)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #170; next appearance in Detective Comics #337)
• Harriet Cooper (last appearance in Detective Comics #331; next appearance in Detective Comics #340)

Villain(s)

• Stilts, Ed, and Pete (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mrs. Tompkins and James Statten (an ex-nurse and a college student; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Aunt Harriet asks Bruce Wayne to investigate a mystery for her friend Mrs. Tompkins. The elderly woman recently won a contest that she didn't enter. Bruce looks into the puzzle as Batman.

Clues lead Batman to the nearby city of Hillvale. When he gets to town, crooks think Batman has come for them, so they attempt to kill him. Batman defeats their gang, then finishes solving the mystery that brought him to town.

Mrs. Tompkins was a former nurse. The contest entry was sent in by one of her former patients to repay her kindness. His written explanation was stolen in the mail by the crooks which Batman captured.