Comic Title: Batman #60
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Aug/Sep 1950
Approx. On Sale Date: June 16, 1950 Copyright Date June 14, 1950
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1950
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: "Crime Through the Ages"
Pages: 12

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

Penciller: Dick Sprang
Inker: Charles Paris

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 7 HC (2019)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #47; next appearance in Batman #60)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #107; next appearance in Batman #60)

Villain(s)

• Smithers (a construction boss; no further appearances)
• A gang of crooks (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• The directors of the Gotham City Museum (Lyons named; no further appearances)
• John Pendray (a shop owner; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Bruce Wayne proposes a new museum skyrise with each floor dedicated to an era in Earth's history. The project is approved, but two men oppose it. Lyons is a museum director who thinks the new museum will be a failure. Pendray is a business owner displaced by the new construction.

Accidents plague the construction of the museum. Pendray falls under suspicion when they problems appear to be deliberate. Batman and Robin begin guarding the museum until it is finished.

When the museum opens Batman and Robin notice criminal activity has increased. Batman deduces that the crooks are using the museum as a base. He and Robin hide in the museum and eventually discover that the crooks are using secret passages in the walls. Batman catches the crooks and exposes construction foreman Smithers as the ringleader.