Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 5 HC
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 5 HC
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Artist: Evan Shaner

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Title: "The First American Detective"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Artist: Jim Mooney

Reprinted From:
Batman #44 (1947)

Feature Character(s)

Supporting Character(s)

Villain(s)

  • Henry and a gang of highwaymen (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

  • Silas Wayne and Martha (Bruce's ancestor and his girlfriend; no further appearances)
  • Benjamin Franklin (of Earth-2; first appearance; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Bruce Wayne is confounded by a mystery surrounding his ancestor Silas Wayne. Silas was a silversmith and a suspected highwayman. Bruce has Professor Nichols send him into the past to learn the truth about his ancestor.

When Batman and Robin arrive in 1787, they stop a gang of highwaymen, but are suspected of the crime themselves. Ben Franklin speaks up for them and frees them. Then they prove that Silas was framed as the leader of the highwaymen.

The real leader is Henry, a former Tory. Silas loves Henry's sister Martha and agrees to take the blame as the highwayman to protect Martha's mother. Ben Franklin gives Silas a letter which proves his innocence to be used after Martha's mother dies. However, Silas dies first. Bruce finds the letter hidden inside Silas's portrait, and after more than one hundred years Silas is finally cleared.


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