Comic Title: Batman #82
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: March 1954
Approx. On Sale Date: January 13, 1954 Copyright Date January 11, 1954
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1954
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: 8 times yearly – monthly, except Jan., May, July, and Nov.
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 40
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Man Who Could Change Fingerprints"
Pages: 10

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-1)

Writer: David Vern Reed
Penciller: Dick Sprang
Inker: Charles Paris

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 9 HC (2021)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #82; next appearance in Batman #82)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #82; next appearance in Batman #82)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Detective Comics #204; next appearance in Batman #82)

Villain(s)

• Lew Farnum, Doc Brice, and Pete (no further appearances)
• Pepper Nolan and his gang (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Lew Farnum escapes from prison and visits a plastic surgeon, Doc Brice. Farnum then commits a small robbery. After the robbery, Farnum proves to several other crooks that he had his fingerprints changed. He offers to do the same for them if they steal for him.

When the crooks commit their robberies, Batman catches one of them. Then he infiltrates the gang disguised as Pepper Nolan. When he is about to undergo the process to have his prints changed, Farnum tries to kill him. He anticipated the action and stops Farnum. He then exposes the fingerprint alteration as a hoax, perpetrated to trick the crooks. Farnum and his associates are then sent back to prison.