Comic Title: Batman Archives Vol. 8 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2012
On Sale Date: June 20, 2012 Direct Market Date June 20, 2012
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Direct Market Date June 27, 2012
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Direct Market Date April 25, 2012
Source: Previews, #276

Cover Price: $59.99
Page Count: 224

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Man Who Feared Metal"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Jim Mooney
Inker: Charles Paris

Reprinted From:
Detective Comics #163 (1950)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #162; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #48)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #108; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #48)

Villain(s)

• Slippery Jim Elgin and his gang (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
As Batman and Robin are closing in to capture Slippery Jim Elgin, an explosion destroys a nearby building. The explosion allows Slippery Jim to escape, but he is injured. The doctor informs him that a magnetic piece of metal is lodged in his brain. Proximity to any metal will cause the fragment to move and eventually kill him.

The crook resumes his criminal activities while trying to avoid metal. Batman eventually deduces that Slippery Jim's new methods and tracks him to a plastics exhibit. However, Jim and his gang catch Batman and fit him with an explosive collar triggered by metal. Batman is able to escape the collar, rescue Robin, and track down Elgin. However, Slippery Jim dies from a fatal exposure to metal.