Comic Title: Batman #12
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Aug/Sep 1942
On Sale Date: June 10, 1942 Newsstand Date June 10, 1942
Source: House Ad, Detective Comics #65, Page 14

Copyright Date June 6, 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: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "Brothers in Crime"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Don Cameron
Artist: Jerry Robinson

Reprinted In:
Batman #256 (1974)
Batman:The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 3 HC (2000)
Batman:Secrets of the Batcave TPB (2007)
Batman Chronicles Vol. 7 TPB (2009)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2016)
Batman:The Golden Age Vol. 4 TPB (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #65; next appearance in Batman #12)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #65; next appearance in Batman #12)

Villain(s)

• Steve and Mike Rafferty (gangsters; both die in this story; no further appearances)
• The Rafferty gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Peter Rafferty (an ex-con; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• A kind older couple, a prison warden, and victims of the Rafferty gang (no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #39; next appearance in Batman #1)
• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #39; next appearance in Batman #1)

Comments:
This story takes place in flashback to earlier days in the careers of Batman and Robin. The date given is June 1939, nearly a year before Robin debuted. Robin’s presence in the flashback means the events in this story must have occurred no earlier than 1940, possibly June 1940.

Synopsis:
Peter Rafferty is released from prison and attempts to go straight. His brothers drag him back into the gang and begin a new series of crimes. All the brothers wear iron vest to protect them from bullets. Steve and Mike Rafferty both die because of their vests during run-ins with Batman. Peter decides to leave the gang, but is later gunned down by another gang member while trying to do a good deed.