Comic Title: Detective Comics #249
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1957
Approx. On Sale Date: September 24, 1957 Copyright Date September 22, 1957
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1957
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: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Crime of Bruce Wayne"
Pages: 12

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

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

Reprinted In:
Batman #233 (1971)
Batman:The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2023)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #248; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #91)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #248; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #91)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #111; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #91)
• Batwoman (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #90; next appearance in Batman #116)
• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Batman #111; next appearance in Batman #112)

Villain(s)

• The Collector and his men (no further appearances)
• Squint Neely (a felon; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Several unnamed prisoners (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Some prison guards (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Bruce Wayne is asked by Commissioner Gordon to go undercover in prison to expose an escape plan. Bruce is convicted as a notorious thief, the Collector. In prison he locates a stolen set of blueprints in the possession of Squint Neely, a felon. In an accident, though, Squint dies, and Bruce is believed to be responsible.

Robin teams up with Batwoman, telling her that Batman is in Europe, to locate the Collector and clear Bruce’s name, since Gordon is in a coma and cannot explain Bruce’s innocence. Robin and his new partner are able to bring in the thief just before Bruce is scheduled to be executed. With the real crook in custody, Bruce is cleared of all charges.