Comic Title: Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 9 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2021
On Sale Date: June 1, 2021 Direct Market Date June 2, 2021
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Direct Market Date June 1, 2021
Source: DC Connect, #8

Cover Price: $125.00
Page Count: 672
Editor: Reza Lokman

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Phantom Bandit of Gotham City"
Pages: 10

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Bill Finger
Artist: Dick Sprang

Reprinted From:
Batman #81 (1954)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #81; next appearance in Detective Comics #204)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #81; next appearance in Detective Comics #204)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #81; next appearance in Detective Comics #204)
• Vicki Vale (first Earth-1 appearance; next appearance in Batman #85)

Villain(s)

• The Phantom Bandit (Muggsy Morton; also disguised as a swami; no further appearances)
• Morton's assistant (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Thomas Melzer (last name also spelled Melver once in this story; an art collector; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The police are stymied by the Phantom Bandit, a crook capable of breaking into the most secure vaults. Batman tangles with the Bandit, but is unable to capture the thief. Clues lead Batman to a nightclub where a swami performs tricks for rich patrons. Both Batman and Vicki Vale deduce that the swami is the Bandit. Vicki plans a trap for the crook. She is outwitted, but Batman is on hand to capture the crook and expose him as gangster Muggsy Morton.