Comic Title: Batman Archives Vol. 6 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2005
On Sale Date: June 2, 2005 Direct Market Date June 15, 2005
Source: Previews, Vol. 15 #4 (#196)

Direct Market Date June 2, 2005
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Thursday, June 2, 2005

Cover Price: $49.99
Page Count: 224
Editor: Dale Crain

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Dawn Patrol Crimes"
Pages: 13

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

Penciller: Bob Kane
Inker: Ray Burnley

Reprinted From:
Detective Comics #123 (1947)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #122; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #28)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #68; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #28)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Detective Comics #122; next appearance in Batman #41)

Villain(s)

• The Shiner (aka Smythe; a radium plant manager; no further appearances)
• Blacky Cain and Limpy (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• The Dawn Patrol (pilots of antique aircraft; Mart Morris, Eddy, and Sam named; no further appearances)
• Mr. Ross (owner of a radium company; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman is called to help track a gang of thieves stealing radium from the Ross Radium Company. While trailing a suspicious plant worker, Batman is nearly killed. He later confronts the worker, Limpy, and learns that the man is part of the gang.

Batman disguises himself as Limpy and infiltrates the gang. He is discovered and left to die in a burning building. Robin helps him escape. Then the two get help from a group of antique aircraft pilots to track down the gang leaders. When the gang is rounded up, Batman exposes the gang boss as Smythe the radium company manager.