COVER TAGLINE:
None
TITLE:
The New Crimes of the Mad Hatter
STORY ARC:
None
COVER DATE: February, 1964
WRITER:
Dave Wood
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Charles Paris
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
COVER:
Sheldon Moldoff
PRICE: $.12 U.S.
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne), Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon;
Mad Hatter
PLOT:
Jervis Tetch, the Mad Hatter, escapes from prison and begins a new series of crimes. His new pattern is to use specialized hats to disguise himself and commit robberies. Batman deduces the pattern and also realizes that each crime is based on the occupations of the jurors who convicted Tetch. Batman is then able to deduce the locations of the Hatter's crimes. When Tetch tries to escape using a giant balloon, Robin brings him down by popping the balloon with a hat pin.
TITLE:
The Bat-Mite Hero
WRITER:
N/A
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Charles Paris
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Bat-Mite
PLOT:
Batman and Robin try to stop a hold-up at a baseball stadium. When Bat-Mite appears, he makes the chase more exciting with his magic. Batman scolds Bat-Mite, telling him to find a new hero to bother.
Bat-Mite takes the advice and uses his magic to transform an ordinary man into the Bat-Mite Hero. When his new hero fumbles a capture in front of Batman, Bat-Mite fires him and chooses an athletic man to become his hero. This man fails too, but Bat-Mite tries a third time.
The third man is really a crooks who tries to help his partners escape from Batman. Bat-Mite then assists Batman in capturing the crooks and his magical hero. Bat-Mite returns to his own dimension following the embarrassing incident.
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