Status Updates From The Black Bat Omnibus Volume 1

Second adventure down. A familiar format is in place, which includes a frustrated cop always trying to unmask our hero. Jewel theft is the subject. So far they're all like the late serials that pile up suspects from a small pool, to unmask one as the villain in the last chapter. This was right on time.

Alright, I'm through the first story. Fairly standard stuff involving the origin story and armored car thefts and revenge. It's a little short on variety and novelty so far. Now somebody's counterfeiting jewels, more later...

This omnibus contains the first three 'Black Bat' novellas as originally published in Black Book Detective Magazine under the byline of G. Wayman Jones.
The first 'Brand if the Black Bat' originally appeared in the July 1939 issue. It introduces District Artorney Tony Quinn who is blinded by acid in the courtroom trial of Oliver Snate.