Comic Title: Batman #54
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Aug/Sep 1949
Approx. On Sale Date: June 10, 1949 Copyright Date June 8, 1949
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1949
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
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Treasure Hunter"
Pages: 12

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

Artist: Jim Mooney

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

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #95; next appearance in Batman #54)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #95; next appearance in Batman #54)

Villain(s)

• The Treasure Hunter (Charles; a club steward; no further appearances)
• C.C. Weede (a hobbyist and former bank robber; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Cyrus Peters, Jennings, and Jim Gade (members of a hobby club; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Several members of the Hobby Horse club are robbed of their most priceless collectors' items. Batman suspects that one of the club members is responsible. His suspicions lead him to Jim Gale who is missing his club pin which Batman found at a crime scene. However, the real crook took Gale's pin to cover the loss of his own.

Batman then decides to send a bat calling card to each club member. When C.C. Weede receives the bat, he tries to kill Batman. While he is not the Treasure Hunter, he did commit an old bank robbery and thought Batman had found him out.

When no other members act strangely after receiving the bat, Batman deduces the identity of the Treasure Hunter. He sets a trap at Bruce Wayne's mansion during a party celebrating his acquisition of a rare dime store novel. The real crook is Charles the club steward. Batman captures him and puts an end to the hobby thefts.