COVER TAGLINE:
None
TITLE:
The Human Punching Bag
STORY ARC:
None
COVER DATE: September, 1965
WRITER:
Gardner F. Fox
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Joe Giella
EDITORS:
Julius Schwartz
COVER:
Carmine Infantino; Murphy Anderson
PRICE: $.12 U.S.
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne), Robin (Dick Grayson); Harriet Cooper
PLOT:
B.G. Hunter, a big-game hunter, schemes to trap the Batman. He breaks Roy Reynolds out of jail to devise a getaway gimmick for his men. Hunter intentionally has the men leave clues behind as they flee the crime scene. Batman is able to follow them using the scent of nearby flowers. He falls into Hunter's trap and is entangled in a plastic bag without air. When Hunter thinks Batman is unconscious, he opens the bag. Batman was using a special flower to breathe, so he is still awake. Once the bag is open, Batman apprehends Hunter and Reynolds.
NOTE:
Robin appears only briefly as he is taking part in the Teen Titans adventure in Brave and the Bold #60.
TITLE:
The Off-Again On-Again Lightbulbs
WRITER:
France E. Herron
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Sid Greene
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon
PLOT:
Batman rushes to attend the Wednesday meeting of the Mystery Analysts. As the meeting begins, a cleaning man comes in to the room and announces that it is Friday. He shows the group a newspaper proving his claim. Before the Analysts can determine why they all believe it to be Wednesday, the cleaning man hypnotizes them.
The cleaning man orders the members to return to their homes for the evening and wait. Batman is unaffected by the hypnosis attacks the man. He defeats the crook and learns that the group was hypnotized on Wednesday to return of Friday. Batman avoided being hypnotized this time because he was wearing special contact lenses by accident. Batman then thwarts the crook's scheme to kill the other members with bombs planted at their houses.
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