Comic Title: Batman Annual #4
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Winter 1963
On Sale Date: November 8, 1962 Newsstand Date November 8, 1962
Source: House Ad, Action Comics #295, Page 31

Copyright Date November 8, 1962
Source: Library of Congress, Pamphlets 1962

Cover Price: $0.25
Page Count: 80
Editor: Jack Schiff

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "Am I Really Batman?"
Pages: 8

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff
Inker: Charles Paris

Reprinted From:
Batman #112 (1957)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #112; next appearance in Detective Comics #250)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #112; next appearance in Detective Comics #250)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #112; next appearance in Detective Comics #250)
• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Detective Comics #249; next appearance in Batman #114)

Villain(s)

• Professor Milo (last appearance in Detective Comics #247; next appearance in Batman #255)

Other Character(s)

• The staff of a mental institution (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman awakens in a mental institution. The staff tells him that he is not Batman, but he escapes and returns to Wayne Manor. Dick Grayson and Alfred do not know who he is, and Bruce Wayne is there too. Batman leaves, pursued by the police, but he eventually realizes that it is a hoax. He returns to Wayne Manor where Robin reveals that the hoax was done to protect Batman from a gas which he was exposed to. He needed to stay active, so Robin created the hoax.