Batman: The Dailies #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis volume collects the daily newspaper comic strips featuring Batman from 1943 and 1944, originally syndicated during the character's early years. It showcases the adventures of the Dark Knight and Robin as they battle classic villains and tackle wartime-era crime stories, presented in the original black-and-white strip format. The collection is part of Kitchen Sink Press's series reprinting vintage Batman newspaper dailies, offering a historical look at the character's newspaper comic legacy.
In "What a Sweet Racket," Spike Durphy makes a daring escape from Commissioner Gordon’s car during a prison visit, setting off a chain of events that leads to his capture by Dan Tack—whose sudden knack for tracking down fugitives raises more questions than answers. What’s really behind Tack’s uncanny success?
In "The Secret of Triangle Farm," when Batman is felled by the Silver Fox gang, Robin must think fast—recruiting a police detective to impersonate the Dark Knight and keep the investigation alive. With the city’s protector down, the duo races to uncover the gang’s hidden base at a mysterious farm, where every clue points to a secret buried in the shadows.
In "The Missing Heir Dilemma," Percy Swan and his gang run a clever scam, tracking down supposed lost heirs to vast fortunes—only to replace them with their own operatives, each posing as a long-lost scion to steal the inheritance. With the city’s elite falling for the ruse, the real mystery isn’t who’s missing, but who’s really pulling the strings.
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Reprinted in Batman Dailies #[nn] (1991), Batman: The Dailies #[nn] (2007)
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