COVER TAGLINE:
None
TITLE:
Gamble with Doom
STORY ARC:
None
COVER DATE:
December/January, 1947
WRITER:
n/a
ARTIST:
Jim Mooney
INKER:
Jim Mooney
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
COVER:
Jim Mooney; Charles Paris
PRICE: $.10 U.S.
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon;
Joker
PLOT:
The Joker becomes obsessed with gambling. He kidnaps two radium thieves, then lures Batman and Robin into a trap. He forces Batman to gamble for the lives of the thieves and Robin in games of chance. Batman outwits Joker in each of the games, so the clown is forced to double-cross his foe. Batman squares off against Joker in a giant roulette wheel, but once again Batman prevails. Joker apparently falls to his death, and Batman saves the lives of those in danger.
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TITLE:
Born for Adventure
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Jim Mooney
INKER:
Jim Mooney
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson)
PLOT:
Bill Jordan has studied his entire life to become an archaeologist and adventurer. When he is invited on an African expedition, he fails his physical due to a heart condition. Bill is forced to take a job at the museum and miss the excitement.
An international thief known as the Globetrotter has come to Gotham City. Batman and Robin trail the crook and meet Jordan in the process. Jordan helps the Dynamic Duo track and capture the crooks. Jordan's heart handles the excitement of the chase, so he is retested. The doctor discovers his original prognosis was wrong, and Jordan is cleared to join the expedition.
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TITLE:
The First American Detective
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Jim Mooney
INKER:
Jim Mooney
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Carter Nichols;
Ben Franklin
PLOT:
Bruce Wayne is confounded by a mystery surrounding his ancestor Silas Wayne. Silas was a silversmith and a suspected highwayman. Bruce has Professor Nichols send him into the past to learn the truth about his ancestor.
When Batman and Robin arrive in 1787, they stop a gang of highwaymen, but are suspected of the crime themselves. Ben Franklin speaks up for them and frees them. Then they prove that Silas was framed as the leader of the highwaymen.
The real leader is Henry, a former Tory. Silas loves Henry's sister Martha and agrees to take the blame as the highwayman to protect Martha's mother. Ben Franklin gives Silas a letter which proves his innocence to be used after Martha's mother dies. However, Silas dies first. Bruce finds the letter hidden inside Silas's portrait, and after more than one hundred years Silas is finally cleared.
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