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 White Whale"
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 Batman #9; next appearance in Batman #9)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #9; next appearance in Batman #9)

Villain(s)

• Captain Burly (a seaman; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Burly's crew (no further appearances)
• Mr. Radney (also spelled Radbey; an insurance company secretary; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A giant white whale endangers shipping and threatens to ruin the Seven Seas Insurance Company. Captain Burly, a sea captain, offers to hunt down the whale, but crewmen are afraid. Burly kidnaps men from the dock, including a disguised Bruce Wayne, to use for his crew.

Aboard ship, Burly mistreats his men, so Batman challenges him. When the whale does attack, the crew mutinies forcing the captain, Batman, and Robin into a small boat to face the monster. The whale is really a submarine controlled by the insurance company secretary and being used to committ insurance fraud. The sub is sunk by the Coast Guard; only Batman and Robin survive.