Comic Title: Detective Comics #119
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: January 1947
Approx. On Sale Date: November 22, 1946 Copyright Date November 20, 1946
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1946-1947
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: 48
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Case of the Famous Foes"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Dick Sprang
Inker: Gene McDonald

Reprinted In:
Batman Archives Vol. 5 HC (2001)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 5 HC (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #118; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #26)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #118; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #26)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #38; next appearance in Batman #39)

Villain(s)

• Wiley Derek (disguised as Lafayette; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Four mental patients resembling George Washington, Abe Lincoln, Ben Franklin, and Napoleon (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
As a guard at the Hickory Crest Sanitorium, criminal Wiley Derek meets several of the patients. Disguising himself as Lafayette, Derek tricks three of the patients into escaping. The three patients believe they are George Washington, Ben Franklin, and Abe Lincoln. Derek then manipulates them into committing crimes.

Batman is called in to assist on the case. He lures Franklin out of hiding and convinces the trio of the truth. Then he apprehends Derek and returns the patients to Hickory Crest.