Comic Title: Detective Comics #34
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1939
Approx. On Sale Date: November 7, 1939 Copyright Date October 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: (Peril in Paris)
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 #33; next appearance in Detective Comics #35)

Villain(s)

• Duc D’Orterre and his men (dies in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Charles and Karel Maire (a young brother and sister; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
While in Paris, Bruce Wayne meets a man, Charles Maire, whose face has been removed by the villain, Duc D’Orterre. The Duc has become enchanted by Charles’ sister, Karel. Charles attempted to interfere and was tortured by the nefarious Duc.

Batman agrees to help the siblings and enters the sewers where Charles was taken. He is captured by the Duc and places on a spinning wheel. The Caped Crusader frees himself, but becomes lost in the Duc’s garden.

D’Orterre captures Charles and his sister again, places the faceless man on the wheel. Batman rescues him after escaping the garden and follows the Duc who has escaped with Karel in a car. Batman enters the car from above in his Batplane and struggles with D’Orterre. Karel is freed, Batman escapes the car, and D’Orterre perishes when the automobile is driven off a cliff.