BATMAN (1940) #557

Batman and the super-gun-for-hire named Ballistic join forces to unearth a mysterious box buried under tons of rubble, while trying to evade armies of thugs who plan to kill them before they learn what the box truly contains. Ballistic arrives at an abandoned warehouse in Oakland, California to discuss a job. He’s hired to track down and retrieve a valise containing « evidence » from a fallen building in Gotham. Detecting a hint of suspicion, Ballistic leaves but warns his employers about the contents of the case. In the ruins of Gotham, a lone guardsman is separated from his squad. Unknown to him, he’s being watched by hired goons and mistakenly identify him as Ballistic.…