Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 5 HC
Title: "The Case of the Famous Foes"
Pages: 12
Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-2)
Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Dick Sprang
Inker: Gene McDonald
Reprinted From:
Detective Comics #119 (1947)
Feature Character(s)
Supporting Character(s)
Villain(s)
- Wiley Derek (disguised as Lafayette; no further appearances)
Other Character(s)
- Four mental patients resembling George Washington, Abe Lincoln, Ben Franklin, and Napoleon (no further appearances)
Synopsis:
As a guard at the Hickory Crest Sanitorium, criminal Wiley Derek meets several of the patients. Disguising himself as Lafayette, Derek tricks three of the patients into escaping. The three patients believe they are George Washington, Ben Franklin, and Abe Lincoln. Derek then manipulates them into committing crimes.
Batman is called in to assist on the case. He lures Franklin out of hiding and convinces the trio of the truth. Then he apprehends Derek and returns the patients to Hickory Crest.
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