Comic Title: Batman #5
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Spring 1941
On Sale Date: April 15, 1941 Newsstand Date April 15, 1941
Source: House Ad, Detective Comics #51, Page 64

Copyright Date April 16, 1941
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1941
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: Quarterly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth

Title: (Crime Does Not Pay)
Pages: 13

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

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

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 2 HC (1995)
Batman Chronicles Vol. 3 TPB (2007)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2016)
Batman:The Golden Age Vol. 2 TPB (2017)
Batman (Facsimile Edition) #5 (2024)
Batman (Facsimile Edition) #5 [Variant A] (2024)
Batman (Facsimile Edition) #5 [Variant B] (2024)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #5; next appearance in Detective Comics #52)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #5; next appearance in Detective Comics #52)
• Linda Page (a nurse; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #2)

Villain(s)

• Mike Grogan and his men (gangsters; Grogan dies in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Tommy Grogan and his mother (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled; the title shown here was given on the contents page of Batman:The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 2 in which this story is reprinted.

Synopsis:
Batman and Robin follow the trail of two bank robbers, but the crooks escape. Batman returns to the crime scene as Bruce Wayne and spots the crooks without their masks. He learns that one is Mike Grogan, a gangster, and the other is Tommy, Mike’s brother.

Tommy is shot during the next robbery, so the crooks kidnap Linda Page, a nurse, to help. Batman follows Linda’s trail in time to save her. Mike is shot and killed by his own gang. Tommy summons the police and is later pardoned and released.