Comic Title: Batman #13
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Oct/Nov 1942
On Sale Date: August 12, 1942 Newsstand Date August 12, 1942
Source: House Ad, Detective Comics #67, Page 27,
Detective Comics #68, Page 14

Copyright Date August 8, 1942
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1942
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 Batman Plays a Lone Hand"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Don Cameron
Penciller: Bob Kane
Inker: Jerry Robinson

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 4 HC (2003)
Batman Chronicles Vol. 7 TPB (2009)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2016)
Batman:The Golden Age Vol. 4 TPB (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #7; next appearance in Batman #13)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #7; next appearance in Batman #13)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #7; next appearance in Batman #13)

Villain(s)

• The Thumb and his gang (Monk and Slasher named; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Joker (in flashback)
• Penguin (in flashback)

Synopsis:
Batman breaks up the Dynamic Duo by firing Robin as his partner. Batman goes it alone, while Dick Grayson wanders the streets. Dick is nearby when he sees Batman battling crooks with a new partner. He doesn't realize the other boy is only a dummy designed to draw the fire of the crooks. Batman confronts the gang, but he loses the fight and is sealed in an underground basement.

Later Dick overhears the crooks talking in a restaurant. He follows them as Robin and helps to rescue Batman. Together they defeat the gang. Batman explains that he was protecting Robin after the crooks had threatened to kill him. Batman welcomes Robin back as his partner.