Comic Title: Batman #33
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Feb/Mar 1946
On Sale Date: December 12, 1945 Newsstand Date December 12, 1945
Source: House Ad, Mutt and Jeff #20, IFC
Wonder Woman #15, IFC

Copyright Date December 10, 1945
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1945
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: 48
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Looters"
Pages: 13

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

Artist: J. Winslow Mortimer

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 8 HC (2013)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 4 HC (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #33; next appearance in Batman #33)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #33; next appearance in Batman #33)
• Alfred Beagle (last appearance in Batman #32; next appearance in Detective Comics #109)

Villain(s)

• The Jackal and the Looters (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Dorry Leaf (an authority on earthquakes; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A gang known as the Looters strike around the country whenever natural disasters strike. When they learn that Professor Dorry Leaf has created a machine that can predict earthquakes, the leader of the Looters, the Jackal, takes advantage. Batman follows up on a lead to Professor Leaf in Coast City and is captured by the Looters. Leaf's machine predicts an earthquake will soon strike the city. Batman is able to escape and stop the Looters from robbing the town during the disaster. Leaf is able to overcome his own fear of earthquakes to help.