Comic Title: Detective Comics #61
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: March 1942
Approx. On Sale Date: January 23, 1942 Copyright Date January 20, 1942
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 Three Racketeers"
Pages: 13

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

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

Reprinted In:
Batman #258 (1974)
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 Detective Comics #60; next appearance in Batman #10)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #60; next appearance in Batman #10)

Villain(s)

• Crafty Cal Clate, Professor Post, and an unnamed gangster (no further appearances)
• Several groups of henchmen (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Three former racketeers play cards in prison and tell each other the stories of how they were defeated by Batman. One crook used phony distress calls to lure police away from the crime scenes, another made a serum to induce laziness, and the third gang boss stole tanks and used them to break into banks. All three met their defeat at the hands of Batman.