Comic Title: Batman Archives Vol. 5 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2001
On Sale Date: March 14, 2001 Direct Market Date March 14, 2001
Source: Previews, Vol. 11 #1 (#145)

Direct Market Date March 14, 2001
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, March 14, 2001

Direct Market Date March 14, 2001
Source: Diamond Shipping List, Shipping This Week: March 14

Cover Price: $49.95
Page Count: 228
Editor: Dale Crain

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Man Who Lived in a Glass House"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Don Cameron
Artist: J. Winslow Mortimer

Reprinted From:
Detective Comics #115 (1946)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #114; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #24)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #114; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #24)

Villain(s)

• Basil Grimes (architect of a steel house; no further appearances)
• Basil's hired thugs (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Ray Arliss (architect of a glass house; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman and Robin meet Ray Arliss, the designer of a glass house. Crooks attempt to shatter the house, but Batman stops them. Arliss explains that his former partner turned rival Basil Grimes is out to prove his steel house is superior. Grimes continues to attack, but Batman and Robin stop his attempt to destroy the house. Finally, lightning strikes both houses, ruining the steel one. Grimes is defeated, and the glass design is proved superior.