Comic Title: Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 10 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2023
On Sale Date: September 26, 2023 Direct Market Date September 12, 2023
Source: DC Connect, #37

Direct Market Date September 27, 2023
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Cover Price: $100.00
Page Count: 688

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The 50 Faces of Batman"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-1)

Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff
Inker: Charles Paris

Reprinted From:
Detective Comics #227 (1956)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #226; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #80)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #226; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #80)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #96; next appearance in Batman #97)

Villain(s)

• Lens Vorden (a criminal photographer; no further appearances)
• Big Hugo and his men (racketeers; no further appearances)
• Thayne and Borman (swindlers; no further appearances)
• Kane Rogers (a convict; appears in flashback; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Barrett Kean (an impersonator; no further appearances)
• Jan Braley and John Harlan (a lion tamer and a police officer; appear in flashback; no further appearances)
• A prison warden (appears in flashback; no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #265; next appearance in Detective Comics #231)

Comments:
Batman appears in several flashbacks in this story.

The first flashback (page 2, panels 4-5) occurs very early in his career and reveals that Barrett Kean trained Batman in the art of disguise.

The other flashbacks in this story contain no point of reference for when they occurred. It is therefore assumed that they happen immediately preceeding this story.

Synopsis:
Makeup artist and impersonation expert Barrett Bean asks his former student Batman to lecture at his new school. Lens Vorden, a photographer, takes pictures of Batman in various disguises during the lecture. He hopes to use the photos to build a composite of Batman's real face. Batman captures the gang boss that hired Vorden. Then Kean tricks Vorden by disguising himself as Batman. Vorden's plan to learn Batman's secret identity is foiled.