Comic Title: World's Finest Comics #35
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jul/Aug 1948
Approx. On Sale Date: May 28, 1948 Copyright Date May 26, 1948
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1948
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: $0.15
Page Count: 72
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "Crime by the Book"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Edmond Hamilton
Penciller: Bob Kane
Inker: Ray Burnley

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 6 HC (2019)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #137; next appearance in Batman #48)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #137; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #83)

Villain(s)

• Penguin (last appearance in Detective Comics #134; next appearance in Batman #48)
• Penguin's henchmen (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• An unnamed prison warden (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
After being caught yet again by the Batman, the Penguin comes up with a new plan for crime. He smuggles out information from prison using a coded book about birds. The first part of the book tells his gang how to break him out of jail. The plan succeeds, and the Penguin is loose again.

The prison warden gives Batman the information from Penguin's book. Batman uses the information to find the locations where Penguin plans to strike. After unsuccessfully attempting to capture the Penguin twice, Batman finally takes the Penguin into custody at a play of Alice in Wonderland.