COVER TAGLINE:
None
TITLE:
Guileful Greetings or The Joker Sends Regards
STORY ARC:
None
COVER DATE:
April/May, 1948
WRITER:
Don Cameron
ARTIST:
Dick Sprang
INKER:
Charles Paris
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
COVER:
J. Winslow Mortimer
PRICE: $.10 U.S.
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon;
Joker
PLOT:
The Joker escapes jail and is welcomed back by the underworld. Joker decides to embark on a criminal campaign using greeting cards. He sends the cards to Batman with clues to his crimes. Batman then deciphers the clues and tries to stop the Clown Prince of Crime.
At the first robbery, the Joker escapes after using sneezing powder to delay Batman. Next Batman and Robin go undercover as a bride and groom to prevent the Joker from stealing valuable jewels. Joker does escape capture, but at his next crime his luck runs out. Batman apprehends Joker again and returns him to prison.
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TITLE:
Big House Chaplain
WRITER:
Don Cameron
ARTIST:
Dick Sprang
INKER:
Gene McDonald
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon
PLOT:
Batman goes undercover to Gotham prison as Whitey Harlan to learn why the paroled convicts there don't return to crime. Inside prison he meets Alan Channing, the prison chaplain. Channing has been helping prisoners turn their lives around. Batman also stops a prison break and learns the location of some stolen loot. When the mystery is solved, Batman puts the real Whitey in jail and recovers the loot for police.
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TITLE:
The Batman That History Forgot
WRITER:
Don Cameron
ARTIST:
Dick Sprang
INKER:
Gene McDonald
EDITORS:
Charles Paris
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Carter Nichols
PLOT:
Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson travel back in time five centuries to investigate the rumor that a Batman existed in Milan. They soon meet Leonardo Da Vinci, who shows them his great works. Leonardo is at odds with Gian Trivulao, a cruel dictator. Batman helps Leonardo to publicly humiliate Gian. In the process Leonardo uses a flying machine of his own invention. Men who see him believe they see a "batman" who uses magic. With Leonardo safely away to Florence, Bruce and Dick return to their own time with an explanation for the "Batman" existing in Milan.
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