Comic Title: Batman #8
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Dec/Jan 1941
On Sale Date: October 10, 1941 Newsstand Date October 10, 1941
Source: House Ad, Sensation Comics #1, Page 64

Copyright Date October 7, 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: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The Superstition Murders"
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. 5 TPB (2008)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2016)
Batman:The Golden Age Vol. 3 TPB (2017)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #8; next appearance in Batman #8)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #8; next appearance in Batman #8)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #8; next appearance in Detective Comics #58)

Villain(s)

• Johnny Glim (an author; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Banks and Paul Mett (a producer and an actor; no further appearances)
• Fred Brooks and Francine (actors; both die in this story; no further appearances)
• A photographer (dies in this story; no further appearances)
• A stagehand (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Bruce Wayne attends a party for the participants in a play about superstitious murders. During the party, the lead actor is poisoned. While Bruce investigates as Batman, two additional murders take place. Batman eventually draws out the killer, Johnny Glim, the play’s author. Glim wanted to ruin his own play so he could sell the rights to another company for a big profit.