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: "The Strange Case of Professor Radium"
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 Batman #8; next appearance in Batman #8)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #8; next appearance in Batman #8)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #8; next appearance in Batman #8)

Villain(s)

• Professor Radium (Henry Ross; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Two scientists (both die in this story; no further appearances)
• Mary Lamont (Ross’s girlfriend; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Lamont’s maid (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Professor Henry Ross discovers a way to bring men back to life using radium. His fellow scientists do not believe him, so Henry experiments on himself. Ross does return to life, but he is radioactive and kills anyone he touches.

Ross puts on a protective suit and begins stealing volitell to create a cure for his condition. Batman and Robin tangle with him, but eventually the condition warps Ross’s mind, turning him insane. Ross is dubbed Professor Radium and continues to menace the city. Batman eventually confronts Radium, and a struggle ensues. Radium plunges to his death in a river, ending his restored life.