Detective Comics #240

A courtroom drama unfolds on Sheldon Moldoff and Charles Paris's cover, where Batman sits hooked up to a lie detector, insisting he's telling the truth even as the machine brands him a thief — a judge presides from the bench while Robin watches anxiously from the background. The setup for "The Outlaw Batman" is immediately gripping: how does the World's Greatest Detective clear his name when the evidence points squarely at him? This 1957 DC gem captures that irresistible Silver Age tension of a hero cornered by the very systems meant to uphold justice.