Comic Title: Batman:The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 5 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2007
On Sale Date: November 22, 2006 Direct Market Date November 29, 2006
Source: Previews, Vol. 16 #8 (#212)

Direct Market Date November 22, 2006
Source: Usenet, New Releases List for Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Cover Price: $49.99
Page Count: 216
Editor: Scott Nybakken

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Batman's Biographer"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Don Cameron
Penciller: Bob Kane
Inker: Jerry Robinson

Reprinted From:
Batman #17 (1943)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #75; next appearance in Batman #17)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #75; next appearance in Batman #17)

Villain(s)

• The Conjurer and his gang (Creeper named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• B. Boswell Browne (a writer; no further appearances)
• A bank guard and Flannery (a policeman; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman and Robin meet B. Boswell Browne, a writer that is fascinated with the Dynamic Duo. Browne is compiling a Batman biography and considers himself an expert on the Batman. When a crook called the Conjurer poses as a reporter interviewing Browne, he gathers information that helps him outwit Batman during robberies.

Batman realizes that Browne's information helped the crooks. Browne makes the same deduction when he hears about the robberies. When the conjurer returns, he kidnaps Browne and forces him to help again. This time Browne attempts to sacrifice himself to save Batman. The Caped Crusader is able to defeat the crooks and rescue Browne. The author then goes on to complete his biography on the Batman.