Comic Title: Batman #114
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: March 1958
Approx. On Sale Date: January 14, 1958 Copyright Date January 12, 1958
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1958
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: Monthly, with the exception of January, May, July, and November
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Secret of Mechanical City"
Pages: 8

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Dick Sprang
Inker: Charles Paris

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2023)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #252; next appearance in Batman #114)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #252; next appearance in Batman #114)

Villain(s)

• Harry "Lightfingers" Hale (a thief; no further appearances)
• Professor Dodge and two henchmen (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman searches for Professor Dodge who he believes has stolen a secret formula on microfilm. After locating Dodge, Batman learns that the formula was actually stolen by another crook named Lightfingers. Dodge is also pursing Lightfingers to get the formula.

Batman tracks both crooks to Mechanical City, a modern city with robots and mechanical inventions. Lightfingers hides the stolen formula inside a robot, then is caught by Dodge. Batman finds the missing formula, then uses the robots to capture both crooks.