Comic Title: Detective Comics #227
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: January 1956
Approx. On Sale Date: November 29, 1955 Copyright Date November 27, 1955
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1955
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: 32
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The 50 Faces of Batman"
Pages: 12

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

Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff
Inker: Charles Paris

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #226; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #80)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #226; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #80)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #96; next appearance in Batman #97)

Villain(s)

• Lens Vorden (a criminal photographer; no further appearances)
• Big Hugo and his men (racketeers; no further appearances)
• Thayne and Borman (swindlers; no further appearances)
• Kane Rogers (a convict; appears in flashback; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Barrett Kean (an impersonator; no further appearances)
• Jan Braley and John Harlan (a lion tamer and a police officer; appear in flashback; no further appearances)
• A prison warden (appears in flashback; no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #265; next appearance in Detective Comics #231)

Comments:
Batman appears in several flashbacks in this story.

The first flashback (page 2, panels 4-5) occurs very early in his career and reveals that Barrett Kean trained Batman in the art of disguise.

The other flashbacks in this story contain no point of reference for when they occurred. It is therefore assumed that they happen immediately preceeding this story.

Synopsis:
Makeup artist and impersonation expert Barrett Bean asks his former student Batman to lecture at his new school. Lens Vorden, a photographer, takes pictures of Batman in various disguises during the lecture. He hopes to use the photos to build a composite of Batman's real face. Batman captures the gang boss that hired Vorden. Then Kean tricks Vorden by disguising himself as Batman. Vorden's plan to learn Batman's secret identity is foiled.