Comic Title: Batman #9
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Feb/Mar 1942
On Sale Date: December 10, 1941 Newsstand Date December 10, 1941
Source: House Ad, Detective Comics #59, Page 28

Copyright Date December 6, 1941
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1942
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
Contains: Ownership Statement
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The Four Fates"
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. 3 HC (2000)
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 #59; next appearance in Batman #9)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #59; next appearance in Batman #9)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Detective Comics #58; next appearance in Batman #9)

Villain(s)

• John "Mousey" Meggs, Albert "Slick" Dandy, Pete "Nails" Logan, and Mortimer "Brains" Brinig (no further appearances)
• Fritz the Fence (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Jaffeer (a mystic; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• A radio announcer (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Four gangsters steal a valuable ruby from the mystic Jaffeer. Jaffeer puts the curse of the four fates upon them, predicting the circumstances of their deaths. Then they kill Jaffeer. Batman and Robin hunt down the crooks and each meets their fate in accidents which confirm Jaffeer’s predictions.