BATMAN (1940) #274

« Gotham City Treasure Hunt! » The Afro-Asian block of Underworld Olympians, led by Amba Kadiri, a female thief from India, is assigned a treasure hunt. A rhymed clue leads two of their members to the Gotham Central Library, where they gain a second clue by burning the seal from a book cover. But their break-in has sounded an alarm, and Batman arrives to capture them. As they are led out, a TV camera crew tapes them, and the Algerian member of the team uses Cameroon hand-talk to communicate the second clue to his teammates who are watching on TV.… Notes: This issue contains the Hostess superhero ad  » The Minerva Menace!  » featuring Shazam!