Comic Title: Batman #18
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Aug/Sep 1943
Approx. On Sale Date: June 9, 1943 Copyright Date June 5, 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
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Crime Surgeon"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Bob Kane
Inker: Jerry Robinson

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 5 HC (2007)
Batman Chronicles Vol. 10 TPB (2011)
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 #18; next appearance in Detective Comics #78)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #18; next appearance in Detective Comics #78)

Villain(s)

• Dr. Matthew Thorne (dies in this story; last appearance in Detective Comics #77; no further appearances)
• Pills (Thorne's assistant; no further appearances)
• Mocco and Tipper (no further appearances)
• Flop-Ears Bailey and several unnamed crooks (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A prison warden (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The Crime Surgeon Dr. Thorne escapes from prison and takes his cime clinic across the country. Batman follows him and eventually find his hide-out. However, Robin is captured and shot. Dr. Thorne helps Robin and has Batman take him to the hospital.

With Robin out of action, Batman follows Thorne on his own. He catches up to the Crime Surgeon in the middle of another robbery. Thorne tries to escape, but is shot by one of his own men. The man was upset, because Thorne did not prevent his sick wife from dying. Thorne dies, which shuts the crime clinic down permanently.