Comic Title: Batman #27
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Feb/Mar 1945
Approx. On Sale Date: December 13, 1944 Copyright Date December 11, 1944
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1945
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: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Contains: Ownership Statement
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "Voyage into Villainy"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Joe Samachson
Penciller: Jack Burnley
Inker: Jerry Robinson

Reprinted In:
Batman:The Dark Knight Archives Vol. 7 HC (2011)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 4 HC (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #27; next appearance in Batman #27)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #27; next appearance in Batman #27)

Villain(s)

• Felix Landry (an explorer; no further appearances)
• Puddler Powers and his gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Skinner, Mr. Challoner, Morgan, Pierce, and McCoy (Members of the Explorers' Club; Challoner dies in this story; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Members of the Explorers' Club try to decipher clues left behind by the late explorer John Svenson. Mr. Challoner claims to have deciphered the clues that will lead to Svenson's fortune. However, he is murdered before finding it.

Batman hears a cry for help and finds Challoner's murdered body. He suspects one of the other explorers is the killer, so he leads the hunt for Svenson's clues. When the killer strikes again to kill Batman, the Caped Crusader exposes him as explorer Felix Landry.

Batman then finishes solving Svenson's puzzle, retrieving the fortune. Rather than keep the money, Batman gives it to charity.