Comic Title: Batman Archives Vol. 2 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1991
On Sale Date: May 28, 1991 Shipping Date May 28, 1991
Source: Previews, #27

Shipping Date May 28, 1991
Source: Amazing Heroes, #190

Cover Price: $39.95
Page Count: 288
Editor: Mike Gold

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Secret of the Jade Box"
Pages: 12

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

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

Reprinted From:
Detective Comics #52 (1941)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #5; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #2)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #5; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #2)

Villain(s)

• Loo Chung and his henchmen (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Achmed, several Chinese businessmen, and Wong's father (no further appearances)
• Mr. Porter (an art buyer; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Thomas (Porter’s butler; no further appearances)

Comments:
As revealed in this story, when Wong, the unofficial Mayor of Chinatown and friend of Batman, was killed in the first story of Detective Comics #39, he was replaced by Loo Chung.

Synopsis:
Porter, an art collector, buys a jade box from a curio shop. When he returns home, Porter is murdered for the contents of the box. Batman’s investigation leads him to Loo Chung, Chinatown’s unofficial leader. The box contained a mythical ring once belonging to Ghengis Khan. The ring allows Chung to control the underworld. Batman stops Chung’s plan with the help of Robin, then destroys the ring.