Comic Title: Batman #17
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jun/Jul 1943
On Sale Date: April 9, 1943 Newsstand Date April 9, 1943
Source: House Ad, Detective Comics #75, Page 13

Copyright Date April 6, 1943
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1943
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: 56
Contains: Ownership Statement
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "Rogues' Pageant"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Don Cameron
Artist: Jack Burnley

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 5 HC (2007)
Batman Chronicles Vol. 9 TPB (2010)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 3 HC (2017)
Batman:The Golden Age Vol. 5 TPB (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #17; next appearance in Batman #17)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #17; next appearance in Batman #17)
• Alfred Beagle (last appearance in Detective Comics #75; next appearance in Detective Comics #76)

Villain(s)

• Ducky Mallard and his gang (no further appearances)
• Dazie Dickins (dies in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• The police of Santo Pablo (Rourke and Connors named; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Following a tip from a dying crook, Batman and Robin leave Gotham for the town of Santo Pablo. The town is celebrating with a pageant featuring the reenactment of historical events. Using costumes, a gang of crooks led by Ducky Mallard terrorize the town with a series of daring robberies. Batman and Robin work with local police to locate and eventually defeat the gang. Once Ducky is apprehended, the Dynamic Duo return home to Gotham.