Comic Title: Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 5 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2018
On Sale Date: June 20, 2018 Direct Market Date June 20, 2018
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Direct Market Date May 30, 2018
Source: Previews, #350

Cover Price: $99.99
Page Count: 800
Editor: Alex Galer

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Grand Opera Murders"
Pages: 13

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

Penciller: Dick Sprang
Inker: Gene McDonald

Reprinted From:
Batman #40 (1947)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #40; next appearance in Detective Comics #122)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #40; next appearance in Detective Comics #122)

Villain(s)

• Colin Vanning (an opera star; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Lacroix, Jospeh Noyes, Mildred Starr, Crowley, and Dr. Ingram (a talent manager, a singer, an actress, a stage manager, and a physician; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman and Robin witness an accident at the opera which kills two actors. The star of the show Colin Vanning believes that someone was trying to kill him. Batman investigates and does discover a killer. He acts to prevent several more accidents on the stage. Finally he discovers that Vanning himself was the killer. Vanning was already deathly ill, so he wanted to go out in an uproar. As his final act, Vanning commits suicide by singing a note which causes his heart to burst.