Comic Title: Detective Comics #143
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: January 1949
Approx. On Sale Date: November 24, 1948 Copyright Date November 22, 1948
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1948
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.

Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Pied Piper of Peril"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Jim Mooney
Inker: Charles Paris

Reprinted In:
Batman Archives Vol. 7 HC (2008)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 6 HC (2019)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #88; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #38)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #88; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #38)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #50; next appearance in Batman #51)

Villain(s)

• Pied Piper and his gang (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A criminal known as the Pied Piper strikes in Gotham using a variety of pipes in his crimes. Batman and Robin are able to track the crook to a new pipe shop in town. However, the crook eludes capture.

When a giant pipe organ is included as part of a civic center exhibit, Batman suspects that the Pied Piper will strike. Once again the crook flees the scene, but Batman and Robin are able to follow him back to his new hideout where they recover the stolen loot.