BATMAN (1940) #307

Batman must find a murderer, and the first appearance Lucius Fox! Writer Len Wein and artist John Calnan introduced Bruce Wayne’s new executive, Lucius Fox in this issue of Batman. Handling the foundations day-to-day transactions, Fox freed up Wayne’s schedule for more Dark Knight duty. With his business in the hands of a man with the Midas touch, Batman pursued a killer who placed poisoned gold coins over his victims’ eyes. Batman discovered the « coin killer » Limehouse Jack was Quentin Conroy, whose rich father had abandoned his family for the streets. Unhinged, Conroy employed his patriarch’s coin collection to become a dark messenger of mercy.…