Plot
This volume collects:
Detective Comics #27 - "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate"
Batman #1 - "The Legend of the Batman - Who He Is and How He Came to Be!"
Detective Comics #83 - "Accidentally on Purpose!"
Batman #49 - "The Scoop of the Century!"
Detective Comics #211 - "The Jungle Cat-Queen!"
Detective Comics #216 - "The Batman of Tomorrow!"
World's Finest #94 - "The Origin of the Superman-Batman Team"
Detective Comics #327 - "The Mystery of the Menacing Mask!"
Batman #181 - "Beware of -- Poison Ivy!"
Detective Comics #359 - "The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl!"
Detective Comics #395 - "The Secret of the Waiting Graves"
Detective Comics #442 - "Death Flies the Haunted Sky"
Detective Comics #474 - "The Deadshot Ricochet"
DC Special Series #21 - "Wanted: Santa Claus -- Dead or Alive!"
Batman Special #1 - "The Player on the Other Side!"
Detective Comics #574 - "...My Beginning...and My Probable End."
Detective Comics #633 - "Identity Crisis"
Batman #497 - "The Broken Bat"
Detective Comics #711 -"Knight Out"
Detective Comics #757 - "Air Time"
Detective Comics #821 - "The Beautiful People"
Batman (Volume 2) #2 - "Trust Fall"
"The Case of the Chemical Syndicate" (reimagining) - exclusive story pairing Brad Meltzer's text from his Detective Comics (Volume 2) #27 update of the first Batman story with Bob Kane's Detective Comics #27 art. Chip Kidd is credited as "designer" on this story.