Comic Title: Detective Comics #58
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1941
Approx. On Sale Date: October 24, 1941 Copyright Date October 21, 1941
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1941
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
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth

Title: (One of the Most Perfect Frame-Ups)
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Bob Kane
Inker: Jerry Robinson

Reprinted In:
Batman Archives Vol. 2 HC (1991)
Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told Vol. 2 TPB (1992)
Batman Chronicles Vol. 5 TPB (2008)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 2 HC (2016)
Batman:The Golden Age Vol. 3 TPB (2017)
Batman Arkham:Penguin TPB (2018)
Detective Comics (Facsimile Edition) #58 (2023)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #8; next appearance in All-Star Comics #8)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #8; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #4)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #8; next appearance in Batman #9)

Villain(s)

• Penguin (aka Mr. Boniface; next appearance in Detective Comics #59)
• Penguin's gang (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
Several robberies occur in Gotham. Batman and Robin try to catch the thieves, learning that a squat little man called the Penguin is the ringleader. Penguin however frames Batman for stealing a jade idol, because Penguin is the real owner. The police arrest Batman for the crime; then Penguin breaks out the Caped Crusader to make him look guilty. Batman summons Robin and together they break-up Penguin’s gang and exonerate themselves. Penguin, however, escapes.