Comic Title: Detective Comics #30
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1939
Approx. On Sale Date: July 13, 1939 Copyright Date June 30, 1939
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1939
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Vincent A. Sullivan

Title: (The Return of Doctor Death)
Pages: 10

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

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Bob Kane

Reprinted In:
Batman Archives Vol. 1 HC (1990)
Batman Chronicles Vol. 1 TPB (2005)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2016)
Batman:The Golden Age Vol. 1 TPB (2016)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #29; next appearance in Detective Comics #31)

Villain(s)

• Doctor Death (last appearance in Detective Comics #29; no further appearances)
• Mikhail (Dr. Death's assistant; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mrs. Jones (an elderly widow; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Bruce Wayne reads about a mysterious death in the newspaper and believes that Doctor Death may still be alive. Claiming to be a reporter, Bruce visits the dead man’s widow and learns about some family jewels.

He returns later that night as Batman to guard the jewels and runs into Doctor Death’s henchman, Mikhail. Batman allows the man to escape with the jewels, following him to a fence and later to his apartment. Batman searches the apartment after leaving Mikhail unconscious, but the thug awakens. After a brief battle, Batman breaks Mikhail’s neck.

The Caped Crusader returns to the fence to get the jewels back, finding that the dealer is really Doctor Death in disguise. Although badly burned in the fire, Death escaped through a trapdoor. This time though, he cannot escape and Batman brings him to the police.