Comic Title: Batman #61
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Oct/Nov 1950
Approx. On Sale Date: August 11, 1950 Copyright Date August 9, 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: "The Wheelchair Crimefighter"
Pages: 12

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

Penciller: Lew Sayre Schwartz
Inker: Charles Paris

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

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #61; next appearance in Detective Comics #164)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #61; next appearance in Detective Comics #164)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #61; next appearance in Detective Comics #164)
• Vicki Vale (last appearance in Detective Comics #157; next appearance in Detective Comics #164)

Villain(s)

• Doctor Chubb (an underworld doctor; no further appearances)
• Babyface Fulop and his men (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Sergeant Nevins (a policeman; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story, published in 1950, shows Batman using an electric wheelchair. This pre-dates the first actual electric wheelchair, invented by George Klein in 1953.

Synopsis:
While chasing a gang of crooks, Batman's rope is cut causing him to fall. Robin carries his injured partner to a nearby doctor who tells Batman that both of his legs are broken. The legs are put into casts, and Batman is side-lined for three months. When news of the injury reaches Vicki Vale, she contacts Bruce Wayne for a date. If he can't walk, she will expose his secret identity.

Meanwhile, crooks try to take advantage of Batman's condition. Batman constructs an electric wheelchair and continues to battle crime including the gang of Babyface Fulop, who are stealing money to pay off a photographer who took pictures of Fulop's newly reconstructed face.

After several unsuccessful attempts to catch the gang, Robin proves to Batman that his legs were never broken. Robin remembered a previous injury that did not show up on Batman's x-rays. The doctor falsified the injuries because he was the plastic surgeon blackmailing Babyface. Batman and Robin trap the doctor and Babyface's gang. Later, Vicki meets Bruce for their date and discovers that he can walk.