Comic Title: Batman #5
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Spring 1941
On Sale Date: April 15, 1941 Newsstand Date April 15, 1941
Source: House Ad, Detective Comics #51, Page 64

Copyright Date April 16, 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: Quarterly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth

Title: "The Riddle of the Missing Card"
Pages: 13

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

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

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 2 HC (1995)
World's Best Comics:Golden Age Sampler #1 (2003)
Batman Chronicles Vol. 3 TPB (2007)
Joker:A Celebration of 75 Years HC (2014)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2016)
Batman:The Golden Age Vol. 2 TPB (2017)
Batman (Facsimile Edition) #5 (2024)
Batman (Facsimile Edition) #5 [Variant A] (2024)
Batman (Facsimile Edition) #5 [Variant B] (2024)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #51; next appearance in Batman #5)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #51; next appearance in Batman #5)

Villain(s)

• Joker (last appearance in Batman #4; next appearance in Batman #7)
• Queenie, Diamond Jack Deegan, and Clubsy (Joker's gang; Queenie and Deegan die in this story; no further appearances)

Comments:
The Batmobile is first shown with the classic Bat-Head on the front.

Synopsis:
The Joker has again survived and joins up with a gang of smugglers. Together they start a criminal operation aboard a gambling ship. Bruce Wayne boards the ship in search of clues. When the Joker discovers Bruce watching, the crook throws Bruce overboard.

Bruce survives and returns with Robin. Together they break-up the gang which is done in when Joker double-crosses his own partners. Joker again appears to die when Robin hurls him into the water from atop a lighthouse.