DC Released November 1940

Detective Comics #47 (1940) First Print

Detective Comics #47 is an issue of the Detective Comics series from DC, released November 29, 1940. Written by Bill Finger with artwork by Steve Brodie. This page represents the regular first-print edition. Separate pages are available for the 1 incentive, retailer-exclusive and later-printing variant cover.

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Published November 1940
Cover Price $0.10

MONEY CAN'T BUY HAPPINESS After stopping some criminals from hijacking trucks, Batman returns home. The next day, Bruce Wayne visits his banker, Mr. Midas and realizes that the rich man is constantly disregarding his family to keep focused on his business. Seeking to change this, Bruce Wayne investigates more about the Midas family and discovers that Midas' son is gambling at nightclubs and his daughter is being forced to marry a man she doesn't love, but is wealthy as her parents’ desire. Soon, Midas' son and daughter face troubles and Batman has to intervene with help from Robin. After these events, Midas learns that the cause for his misfortune is his excessive attention on money and after his son recovers from a deadly incident, Midas changes his mind and his family becomes his priority number one, much to Batman's delight. THE ROOMER THE CASE OF THE ARDENT ACTRESS THE ART THIEVES BILL THE COLLECTOR CASE OF THE MISSING EYE THE GRAND PALACE DEPARTMENT STORE