Comic Title: Batman Archives Vol. 7 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2008
On Sale Date: November 7, 2007 Direct Market Date November 14, 2007
Source: Previews, Vol. 17 #7 (#223)

Direct Market Date November 7, 2007
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Cover Price: $49.99
Page Count: 256
Editor: Scott Nybakken

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "I.O.U. My Life"
Pages: 12

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

Artist: Dick Sprang

Reprinted From:
Detective Comics #151 (1949)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #96; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #42)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #96; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #42)

Villain(s)

• Homer Davis (a banker; no further appearances)
• The Lazy Larry Gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Ben Kole (no further appearances)
• Peter Chaney (an architect; no further appearances)
• Jenkins (a butler; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Ben Kole saves the lives of Homer Davis, Peter Chaney, and Batman. In return he gets each of them to sign a paper stating that they owe him their lives. When Kole is financially ruined, he tries to get the men to pay him. When they refuse to pay the blackmail demand, Kole curses them and tells them they will die in the same manner that he saved them.

When Davis drowns in his home, Batman investigates the apparent accident. He then rescues Chaney from gorilla attack. Batman sets himself up as the next intended target, but escapes his own death. He follows a clue to Kole's office where he finds Davis about to kill him. Davis faked his own death and attempted to frame Kole. His real goal was to kill Chaney to whom he owed a large sum of money. Batman foils the plot, and Kole apologizes for trying to cash in on his I.O.U.s.