Batman: The Golden Age Omnibus #2
In "Twenty-Four Hours to Live!", Batman and Dick Grayson take on a maritime mystery that's anything but ordinary, diving into the secrets of the Seven Seas Insurance Company. With a white whale terrorizing the seas and a suspicious captain on the case, the duo uncovers a shocking twist that turns the entire hunt on its head. Written by Bill Finger and illustrated by Bob Kane, with inks by Jerry Robinson and George Roussos, and lettered by George Roussos, this classic tale features a cover by Darwyn Cooke.
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As a stockholder in the Seven Seas Insurance Company, a firm that has had to pay out huge payoffs for ships sunk by a large white whale, Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson decide to investigate the activities of one Captain Burly, who agrees to hunt down and destroy the whale. But Batman discovers that the whale is actually a submarine and the secretary of the insurance company the culprit.
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