COVER TAGLINE:
None
TITLE:
A Hairpin, a Hoe, a Hacksaw, a Hole in the Ground
STORY ARC:
None
COVER DATE:
June/July, 1949
WRITER:
n/a
ARTIST:
Lew Sayre Schwartz
INKER:
Charles Paris
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
COVER:
Ray Burnley; Jim Mooney
PRICE: $.10 U.S.
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon; Joker
PLOT:
The Joker returns on a new crime spree in which he steals seemingly useless items such as a hairpin, a hoe, a hacksaw, and a hole in the ground. Batman deduces that the name of the items all begin with "ha-ha-ho-ho". Joker then leaves a clue giving Batman enough information to predict where the Joker will strike next.
Batman finds the Joker on a golf course stealing the solid gold golf clubs of the Maharajah of Nimpah. Batman chases his foe into a warehouse filled with comedy props. The Joker captures Batman and gives him a choice of dooms. Batman escapes the death-trap using a water pistol. Then he apprehends the Joker.
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TITLE:
The Portrait of Doom
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Lew Sayre Schwartz
INKER:
Charles Paris
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon
PLOT:
Artist Carl Marlin paints the portrait of Frank Fabian. Fabian then kills Marlin. Marlin's wife accuses Fabian, but there is not enough evidence to arrest him. Fabian then takes the portrait home.
Fabian then disguised as the Dapper Bandit begins adding robbery to his list of crimes. However, he is horrified to discover that for each evil act he commits the face on the portrait grows more grotesque. Fabian tries to sell the painting, then tries to destroy it.
Batman discovers that Marlin's wife has been altering the painting each day. He then has her restore the painting which she has saved from destruction. Batman then uses make-up on the unconscious Fabian to make him look like a monster. When he sees himself in the mirror, he believes he has been cursed and admits his crimes. Batman captures him then shows Fabian that he was tricked.
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TITLE:
Batman Under the Sea
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Jim Mooney
INKER:
Jim Mooney
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson)
PLOT:
Batman and Robin follow Mr. Phaeton, a man in a wheelchair, when they see him in the company of gangster Stack Hawley. Robin suggests that Phaeton could really be a merman, but Batman dismisses the theory. Batman is the injured in the water, when the crooks fire on his boat.
When Batman regains consciousness he discovers that he has been transformed into a merman himself by Theta, the chief scientist of the sea people. She explains that Phaeton is one of her people and is trying to steal their treasure. Batman battles Phaeton underwater, and Theta learns the secret to give mermen human legs. Before she dies at Phaeton's hands, she changes Batman back into a man.
Batman recovers from the accident and awakens in the hospital. Robin thinks Batman's story was just a dream. Batman and Robin then defeat Phaeton, who is not a merman at all, but he is a jewel smuggler. After the adventure Batman still wonders if his experience as a merman was only a dream.
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