Comic Title: Batman #14
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Dec/Jan 1942
On Sale Date: October 14, 1942 Newsstand Date October 14, 1942
Source: House Ad, Detective Comics #69, Page 14,
Detective Comics #70, Page 14

Copyright Date October 10, 1942
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
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The Case Batman Failed to Solve"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Don Cameron
Artist: Jerry Robinson

Reprinted In:
Limited Collectors' Edition C-25 (1974)
Batman:The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 4 HC (2003)
Batman Chronicles Vol. 8 TPB (2009)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2016)
Batman:The Golden Age Vol. 4 TPB (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #69; next appearance in Batman #14)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #69; next appearance in Batman #14)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Detective Comics #69; next appearance in Batman #15)

Villain(s)

• Red Rip and his gang (mobsters; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Dana Drye (a famous detective; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• John Bart, Ezra Plunkett, Grace Seers, and Dr. Tsu (detectives; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman and Robin are invited to attend a meeting of great detectives. The Guest of Honor, Dana Drye, is shot to begin the meeting. The other detectives and Batman join together to solve the mystery of his murder. Batman follows several leads. Eventually he learns that Drye was dying of an incurable disease, and his death was suicide. Drye had also discovered Batman's secret identity. In order to protect his own secret, Batman pretends to fail in his effort to solve the case.