Comic Title: Batman #21
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Feb/Mar 1944
Approx. On Sale Date: December 10, 1943 Copyright Date December 7, 1943
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1944
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: "His Lordship's Double"
Pages: 11

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

Writer: Alvin Schwartz
Artist: Dick Sprang

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 6 HC (2010)
Batman Chronicles Vol. 11 TPB (2013)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 3 HC (2017)
Batman:The Golden Age Vol. 6 TPB (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #21; next appearance in Batman #21)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #21; next appearance in Batman #21)
• Alfred Beagle (last appearance in Detective Comics #83; next appearance in Batman #22)

Villain(s)

• Stevens and his men (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Lord David Hurley Burleigh (a British recluse; no further appearances)
• Mrs. C.L.J. Carruthers (a wealthy woman; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Bruce Wayne attends a society party where a visiting British lord is scheduled as the guest of honor. When Bruce meets Lord Burleigh, he is startled to discover that the man is his butler Alfred. Alfred doesn't reveal his reason for impersonating the lord, so Bruce follows him. Crooks crash into Alfred's car and try to kill him. Batman and Robin stop them.

Alfred then explains that he visited Lord Burleigh earlier in the day. Burleigh is a recluse and thought Alfred was an actor sent to fill in for him at the party. Batman then pays a visit to Burleigh, only to discover the man who hired Alfred was not the British lord.

Batman is captured and imprisoned in the basement with the real Lord Burleigh. Batman learns that Stevens, the lord's assistant, is behind the attacks. Batman tricks the crooks into freeing him. Then he defeats them and rescues Lord Burleigh.