Comic Title: Batman Chronicles Vol. 5 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2008
On Sale Date: April 23, 2008 Direct Market Date April 16, 2008
Source: Previews, #232

Direct Market Date April 23, 2008
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Cover Price: $14.99
Page Count: 192
Editor: Bob Joy

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Four Fates"
Pages: 13

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

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

Reprinted From:
Batman #9 (1942)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #59; next appearance in Batman #9)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #59; next appearance in Batman #9)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Detective Comics #58; next appearance in Batman #9)

Villain(s)

• John "Mousey" Meggs, Albert "Slick" Dandy, Pete "Nails" Logan, and Mortimer "Brains" Brinig (no further appearances)
• Fritz the Fence (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Jaffeer (a mystic; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• A radio announcer (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Four gangsters steal a valuable ruby from the mystic Jaffeer. Jaffeer puts the curse of the four fates upon them, predicting the circumstances of their deaths. Then they kill Jaffeer. Batman and Robin hunt down the crooks and each meets their fate in accidents which confirm Jaffeer’s predictions.