COVER TAGLINE:
None
TITLE:
Three Crimes Against Batman
STORY ARC:
None
COVER DATE:
August, 1957
WRITER:
n/a
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Charles Paris
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
COVER:
Sheldon Moldoff; Charles Paris
PRICE: $.10 U.S.
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon
PLOT:
A crook using a plane shaped like a dragonfly steals several Batman trophies. The crook steal two busts, a model Bat-submarine, and the Bat-Signal. Batman fails to stop the crimes, but he anticipates that the crook will try to steal a Batman statue from the park. The crook does indeed take the statue, expecting Batman to be hidden inside. Instead, Batman placed a robot inside and followed it to the crook's hide-out. The crook's plan to capture Batman fails, landing him and his gang in police custody.
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TITLE:
Follow the Batman
WRITER:
n/a
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Charles Paris
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon
PLOT:
The Batmobile is run off the road by crooks. One of the crooks, Waller, tries to replace Batman, while Robin is taken to the hospital. A group of amateur detectives arrive on the scene of the accident and deduce that Batman was replaced by an imposter. They follow the imposter, expecting him to steal radium from an exhibit. When the rest of Waller's gang arrives to steal the radium, Batman stops them. He then explains to the detectives that when Waller tried to replace him, he failed. Batman pretended to be a phony to draw the other crooks into the open.
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TITLE:
The 1,001 Inventions of Batman
WRITER:
Edmond Hamilton
ARTIST:
Dick Sprang
INKER:
Charles Paris
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon
PLOT:
Batman uses a flying spy eye to observe crooks planning a crime. The crooks mention that one of Batman's own inventions will be used in the robbery. Batman and Robin recall several previous cases, trying to determine which invention might have been stolen. They rule out nearly every invention except the spy eye itself. They realize that criminal scientist Curt Mathis must have taken x-ray photos of the eye when Batman used it to catch him. Once the Caped Crusaders learn which invention will be used, they are able to stop Mathis and prevent the robbery.
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