So, Batman-- at last you've met a man too smart for you! All Gotham City will fear the Scarecrow when your bodies are found! 
Detective Comics #73 is an issue of the series Detective Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of March, 1943.
Synopsis for Batman: "The Scarecrow Returns"
The Scarecrow escapes from prison and recruits a gang of henchmen. He embarks on a spectacular series of crimes, deliberately leaving behind clues which center around three letter words. The first word he decides on is hat. Crane robs a hat show which is displaying antique hats, at the same time Bruce Wayne and Linda Page are visiting the show. Bruce is not able to change into his Batman costume but he still tries to stop them which fails and he gets knocked out. When he returns to consciousness Linda gives him a school slate that the Scarecrow dropped with the word mat on it. Later that night Batman and Robin sneak into a wrestling game where war bonds are being sold. When the wrestlers come out to fight they reveal that they are working with the Scarecrow. Batman and Robin fight the wrestlers and prevent the Scarecrow from taking the money but the Scarecrow shoots down the light fixtures above the ring that then falls on them which gives an opportunity for him to escape. When Batman and Robin return to consciousness they get given another school slate with the word vat on it and a card for a dry cleaners. The crime fighting duo go to the dry cleaners and find the Scarecrow and his goons waiting for them and they fight, but the Scarecrow is able to lure them into a trap and knocks them out. They wake up in a vat filling with water at a fast pace with their hands and feet bound. The Scarecrow shows them another word Yat and leaves them to die. Batman and Robin escape the trap and go to a shop selling oriental items named Yat Sing which is being robbed by the scarecrow. The crime fighting duo surprise Scarecrow and his henchmen and fight them, winning in the end and arresting them.
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- Samson Saxe (Single appearance)
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Look at how sad this is making Batman. You did this.