Comic Title: Detective Comics #59
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: January 1942
Approx. On Sale Date: November 26, 1941 Copyright Date November 22, 1941
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1942
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: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth

Title: "The King of the Jungle"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Joseph Greene
Penciller: Bob Kane
Inker: Jerry Robinson

Reprinted In:
Batman Archives Vol. 2 HC (1991)
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 World's Finest Comics #4; next appearance in Batman #9)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #4; next appearance in Batman #9)

Villain(s)

• Penguin (last appearance in Detective Comics #58; next appearance in Batman #11)
• Bignose Murphy, Lefty Louie, and Mike the Tramp (three wanted felons; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
While traveling across country by train, Dick Grayson spots the Penguin. As Robin, Dick and Batman investigate and learn that Penguin is turning in crooks for reward money, then breaking them out of jail. Batman recognizes some of the men Penguin is with and deduces where the crooks will show up next. The Dynamic Duo face off against the crooks aboard a river boat on the Mississippi River, but Penguin disappears after the fight and is presumed dead.