Comic Title: Batman #5
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Spring 1941
On Sale Date: April 15, 1941 Newsstand Date April 15, 1941
Source: House Ad, Detective Comics #51, Page 64

Copyright Date April 16, 1941
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1941
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: Quarterly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth

Title: "The Case of the Honest Crook"
Pages: 13

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

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

Reprinted In:
Batman #241 (1972)
Batman:The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 2 HC (1995)
Batman:The Greatest Stories Ever Told Vol. 1 TPB (2005)
Batman Chronicles Vol. 3 TPB (2007)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2016)
Batman:The Golden Age Vol. 2 TPB (2017)
Batman (Facsimile Edition) #5 (2024)
Batman (Facsimile Edition) #5 [Variant A] (2024)
Batman (Facsimile Edition) #5 [Variant B] (2024)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #5; next appearance in Batman #5)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #5; next appearance in Batman #5)

Villain(s)

• Matty Link (a hood; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Smiley Sikes and his mob (gangsters; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Joe Sands and Ann Davis (a young couple; no further appearances)
• An unnamed doctor and a shopkeeper (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman stops a small-time thief, Joe Sands and learns that Joe was framed from a drunk driving accident by a gangster, Matty Link. Batman confronts Matty’s boss, Smiley Sikes, to get information about the case. Sikes kills Link to make sure the hood doesn’t talk, so Batman sends Robin to gather evidence.

Sikes’ mob catch Robin and beat him almost to death. An angered Batman, breaks up the mob surviving three gunshot wounds in the process. Sands is cleared and both members of the Dynamic Duo survive thanks to a friendly doctor.