Comic Title: Batman #8
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Dec/Jan 1941
On Sale Date: October 10, 1941 Newsstand Date October 10, 1941
Source: House Ad, Sensation Comics #1, Page 64

Copyright Date October 7, 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: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make"
Pages: 13

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

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

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 2 HC (1995)
Batman Chronicles Vol. 5 TPB (2008)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2016)
Batman:The Golden Age Vol. 3 TPB (2017)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #57; next appearance in Batman #8)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #57; next appearance in Batman #8)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #7; next appearance in Batman #8)

Villain(s)

• Big Mike Russo and several of his men (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Warden Higgins (a prison warden; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman sends gang boss, Mike Russo, to prison. Russo’s men capture the prison warden allowing the criminals to take over the prison. Then they begin a crime spree using the prison as a base.

Batman catches on to the scheme and goes undercover as a prisoner. He is eventually exposed and the criminals try sending him to the gas chamber. Robin replaces the poison with seltzer tablet, allowing Batman to survive his execution and put a stop to Russo’s operations.