Comic Title: Detective Comics #208
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: June 1954
Approx. On Sale Date: April 30, 1954 Copyright Date April 28, 1954
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1954
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: 40
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Nine Worlds of Batman"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-1)

Writer: France E. Herron
Penciller: Dick Sprang
Inker: Charles Paris

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 9 HC (2021)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #84; next appearance in Detective Comics #209)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #84; next appearance in Detective Comics #209)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #84; next appearance in Detective Comics #209)

Villain(s)

• Groff (a spy; no further appearances)
• Duke and his men (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Doctor Karnes (director of a space college; no further appearances)
• Hawley, Wilson, Smith, and Venner (volunteers; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A gang of bank robbers uses an experimental missile to open a bank vault. Batman deduces that the missile must have come from the space research college. Batman investigates the college and several volunteers undergoing testing. When Batman joins the tests, one of the volunteers tries to kill him. Batman exposes the spy, Groff, who has been smuggling secrets to the gang outside the college.