Comic Title: Batman Archives Vol. 3 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1994
On Sale Date: November 23, 1993 Shipping Date November 23, 1993
Source: Previews, Vol. 3 #9 (#57)

Shipping Date November 23, 1993
Source: Direct Currents, #70

Shipping Date November 25, 1993
Source: Advance Comics, #59

Direct Market Date November 25, 1993
Source: Comic Shop News, #332

Cover Price: $39.95
Page Count: 224
Editor: Bob Kahan

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Destiny's Auction"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Don Cameron
Artist: Jerry Robinson

Reprinted From:
Detective Comics #79 (1943)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #78; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #11)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #78; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #11)

Villain(s)

• Diamond Pete Ransome, Lefty, and Joe (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Madame Calagra (a fortune teller; no further appearances)
• Judy O’Casson, Mrs. Midge, and Tremaine Wentworth (an actress, a landlady, and an actor; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Three people visit a fortune teller and have her predictions come true. In each case the person loses a trunk. They each try to retrieves the trunks a year later at a police auction. The first trunk is bought by Judy O’Casson, the second by Tremaine Wentworth, and the third by Diamond Pete Ransome.

Batman and Robin trail Ransome to find evidence from one of his crimes. Ransome expects to find diamonds in the trunk, but instead finds Wentworth’s costumes. Batman visits Wentworth in search of the diamonds, but in Wentworth’s trunk are Judy’s belongings. Ransome gets to Judy first to retrieve the stolen diamonds. Batman catches him, and through fate Wentworth and Judy perform in a play together, fulfilling the fortune teller’s prediction.