Batman 1940 #258 - 5.0 - $15.99

Two-Face returns, having devised a plan to extort $2 billion from the citizens of the U.S. If the government refuses to pay, the criminal plans to destroy the government...forever!

Page consists of a puzzle for readers to solve plus a reprinted figure of Batman.

Three former racketeers sit about a table playing cards in prison discussing how the Batman and Robin brought their dreams of easy wealth to a disastrous end.

The Dynamic Duo face an opponent out to commit the "Seven Wonder Crimes of Gotham City", who although captured, still vows to one day commit the "Seven Wonder Crimes of the Modern World"!

The Cavalier returns in disguise to acquire a new mob that he plans to use to rob the city blind, but the theft of a whale undoes his plans.

Famed replica artifacts from various movie sets, located in a field not far from Hollywood, serve as the stage as a hideout for escaped convict Shag Darnell and his thugs.

Count Florian, a criminal Batman and Robin once battled in London, comes to America and successfully steals a civilian invention in order to spy on America.

On-sale date from Comic Reader #107.

• Threat of the Two-Headed Coin! - Cardy's credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
• - Art credits confirmed by Craig Delich.
• Threat of the Two-Headed Coin! - Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
• The Three Racketeers! - Art incorrectly credited to Dick Sprang on splash page. Background credit and corrected credits supplied by Craig Delich. The splash panel has a sign on a building that reads "Jack Miller", one of the writers for DC on Batman and other features. The splash page nearly replicates the cover.
• 7 Wonder Crimes of Gotham City! - Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff.
• Twenty-Ton Robbery! - Art credits verified by Dick Sprang.
• The Guardian of 100 Cities! - Script credit from Martin O'Hearn; inks credit verified by Charles Paris.
• The Man with a Thousand Eyes! - Full art incorrectly credited to Sprang on splash page. Inks credit verified by Sprang. Lew Schwartz pencil credit removed by Craig Delich and Kane pencils credit verified by Lew Sayre Schwartz to Craig Delich; we previously credited Schwartz. Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (19 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-2/).