Comic Title: Batman Chronicles Vol. 7 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2009
On Sale Date: March 18, 2009 Direct Market Date March 18, 2009
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Direct Market Date March 18, 2009
Source: Previews, #243

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

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Brothers in Crime"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Don Cameron
Artist: Jerry Robinson

Reprinted From:
Batman #12 (1942)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #65; next appearance in Batman #12)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #65; next appearance in Batman #12)

Villain(s)

• Steve and Mike Rafferty (gangsters; both die in this story; no further appearances)
• The Rafferty gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Peter Rafferty (an ex-con; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• A kind older couple, a prison warden, and victims of the Rafferty gang (no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #39; next appearance in Batman #1)
• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #39; next appearance in Batman #1)

Comments:
This story takes place in flashback to earlier days in the careers of Batman and Robin. The date given is June 1939, nearly a year before Robin debuted. Robin’s presence in the flashback means the events in this story must have occurred no earlier than 1940, possibly June 1940.

Synopsis:
Peter Rafferty is released from prison and attempts to go straight. His brothers drag him back into the gang and begin a new series of crimes. All the brothers wear iron vest to protect them from bullets. Steve and Mike Rafferty both die because of their vests during run-ins with Batman. Peter decides to leave the gang, but is later gunned down by another gang member while trying to do a good deed.