Comic Title: Detective Comics #205
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: March 1954
On Sale Date: January 29, 1954 Copyright Date January 27, 1954
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1954
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.

Newsstand Date January 29, 1954
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V8 #11

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 40
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Origin of the Bat-Cave"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff
Inker: Charles Paris

Reprinted In:
Batman Annual #1 (1961)
Batman from the 30s to the 70s HC (1972)
Giant Batman Annual #1 (1999)
Batman:Secrets of the Batcave TPB (2007)
Batman Annuals Vol. 1 HC (2009)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 9 HC (2021)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #82; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #69)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #82; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #69)
• Carter Nichols (first Earth-1 appearance; next appearance in Batman #89)

Villain(s)

• A tribe of indians (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Jeremy Coe and a group of settlers from Fort George (no further appearances)
• A museum curator (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story claims that Bruce Wayne bought Wayne Manor after he became Batman. Later stories contradict this account of events.

Synopsis:
When Batman and Robin discover a 300-year old piece of indian pottery in the Bat-Cave, they ask Professor Nichols to send them back in time to discover the story behind it.

In the past, they meet frontiesrman Jeremy Coe, who works as a spy against the indians. Coe uses the Bat-Cave as his secret hide-out. Batman builds several conveniences into the cave, such as a winch to bring in Coe's horse and a primitive crime lab.

Coe is injured, so Batman replaces him as a spy on the indians. When his cover is blown he signals Robin with smoke signals. The indians follow them and discover the Bat-Cave. The Dynamic Duo and Coe escape, but Batman's improvements to the cave are destroyed. Coe returns to Fort George to report on the indian activity. Batman and Robin return to their own time.