Comic Title: World's Finest Comics #4
Publisher: DC (World's Best Comics Company)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Winter 1941
On Sale Date: November 14, 1941 Newsstand Date November 14, 1941
Source: House Ad, Sensation Comics #1, Page 64

Copyright Date November 10, 1941
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1941
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: Quarterly
Cover Price: $0.15
Page Count: 96
Editor: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth

Title: "The Ghost Gang Goes West"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Bob Kane
Inker: Jerry Robinson

Reprinted In:
Batman:The World's Finest Comics Archives Vol. 1 HC (2002)
Batman Chronicles Vol. 5 TPB (2008)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2016)
Batman:The Golden Age Vol. 3 TPB (2017)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in All-Star Comics #8; next appearance in Detective Comics #59)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #58; next appearance in Detective Comics #59)

Villain(s)

• Lafe Brunt and the Ghost Gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A group of ranchers (no further appearances)

Comments:
The contents page lists the title of this story as: "The Riddle of the Phantom Trail".

Synopsis:
Batman and Robin travel West to vacation on a ranch. Their train is attacked by bandits. Then, shortly afterward, the bandits strike again hundreds of miles away. Townspeople become convinced that the bandits are ghosts which accounts for their incredible fast travel.

When the Ghost Gang strikes again, Batman pursues them. He inexplicably loses them in the open desert. The nearby ranchers believe Batman is the leader of the bandits, so they try to lynch him. Batman talks them out of it, then baits a trap for the real crooks.

He sets himself up as a target, prompting several attacks by the bandits. Batman avoids injury then exposes the bandits method of transportation, an auto-gyro. One of the ranchers, Lafe Brunt, is the gang leader. Batman captures him and lets the sheriff finish off the gang.