COVER TAGLINE:
None
TITLE:
The Frightened People
STORY ARC:
None
COVER DATE:
February/March, 1947
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Bob Kane
INKER:
Ray Burnley
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
COVER:
Jack Burnley; Charles Paris
PRICE: $.10 U.S.
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon
PLOT:
Gang chief Roger Ryall visits a psychiatrist to help overcome his fear of cats. Seeing fear as a means to enact crimes, Roger steals the doctor's files. He takes the information about the fears of patients and uses it to extort money from them.
Batman learns about the death of Grant Young following a meeting with Ryall. Dr. Richter, Ryall's psychiatrist, comes forward and tells Batman about the stolen files. Batman is then able to predict Ryall's next target. Batman and Robin then use cats to scare Ryall into surrendering. The crook has a heart attack and dies, but Batman rounds up his gang.
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TITLE:
The Man in the Iron Mask
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Bob Kane
INKER:
Ray Burnley
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson)
PLOT:
When gangland learns that Iron-Hat Ferris has leaked information to the police, a gang boss welds an iron mask onto the snitch's head. Wanted by police and exiled by gangland, Ferris seeks to get the mask removed while Batman closes in on him. Luckily for him, Ferris manages to escape.
Ferris's escape embarrasses the office of the district attorney. A district attorney candidate Henry Kendall plays up the failure in the media. Kendall then locates Ferris on his own and removes the mask. Kendall then wears the mask and commits crimes to further embarrass the police. Batman tracks him down after following a tracking device he has planted on the man. Batman learns the scheme and rescues Ferris. Kendall runs away, but is struck down when a lightning bolt strikes the iron mask.
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TITLE:
A Christmas Tale
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Bob Kane
INKER:
Ray Burnley
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon; Catwoman
PLOT:
Catwoman abducts three cats from their owners to use in her latest crimes. Batman questions the owners, then pursues Catwoman. By using each cat's special attributes, Catwoman successfully pulls off her first two crimes. However, when she attempts the third, Batman captures her and returns the cats to their owners.
NOTE:
Batman and Robin wear solid white versions of their costumes in this story to camouflage themselves in the snow.
Also, Catwoman appears with blonde hair in this story.
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