Detective Comics #32

No. 32
Date: October, 1939
Title: None? The Monk Part II
Creative Team: Bob Kane

Story:
Batman is traveling in “Hungaria” chasing the Monk. He stops the Monk's carriage but only finds a woman named Dala. He takes Dala back to a hotel where Julie is staying. In the night, Dala bites Julie, attacks Batman, and runs away. Batman assumes that Dala is a vampire and pursues her. He catches her and heads for the Monk's castle in his Batplane. A huge net captures the Batplane and brings it down to the ground where the Monk is waiting.

The Monk then hypnotizes Batman and mentally calls Julie to join them. It turns out that, besides being a hypnotist, the Monk is also a werewolf! The villain turns into a wolf and howls for other wolves to gather in a pit at his castle. Batman is thrown into the pit, but hope is not lost for the hero. He uses gas pellets to stun the wolves and his batarang and lasso to climb out of the pit. As the Monk sleeps, Batman melts down a sliver statue to make two silver bullets. He then shoots the Monk and Dala to break their spell over Julie.

Notes:

• First use of the batarang with a rope.

• The Batgyro is now called the Batplane.

• Batman kills again. But, if the Monk is already part of the undead, does it count?

• Whatever the Monk is, the terms “werewolf” and “vampire” seem to be used interchangeably. I know, this will offend Twilight fans everywhere. But, apparently to Batman, vampires and werewolves are equivocal.
  

• No Batman cover to this issue.