Batman:The World's Finest Comics Archives Vol. 1 HC
Batman:The World's Finest Comics Archives Vol. 1 HC
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Artist: Jack Burnley

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Title: "Crime Takes a Holiday"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Artist: Jerry Robinson

Reprinted From:
World's Finest Comics #5 (1942)

Feature Character(s)

Supporting Character(s)

Villain(s)

  • Brain Kelley, Dude Davis, and Big John Waller (Gotham City gang bosses; no further appearances)
  • Several Gotham gangsters (Slinky named; no further appearances)
  • Scar Ryan, the Domino Killers, and the Hooded Gunmen (out-of-town hoods; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The gang lords of Gotham City unite and call a moritorium on crime. The gangsters appear to turn respectible, causing police little work. Batman is suspicious of the sudden stoppage of crime, so he infiltrates the mob by pretending to be a gunman called the Gold Coast Kid.

Batman is accepted into the mob, where he is taken to Philadelphia. The mobsters then wear disguises of a local gang during a crime. Batman realizes that the hoodlums are framing the out-of-town gangs for their crimes. Though his cover is blown, Batman escapes from the mob, then lures them into a trap. Police move in and arrest the gang, ending their scheme.


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