COVER TAGLINE:
None
TITLE:
Threat of the Two-Headed Coin
STORY ARC:
None
COVER DATE: September/October, 1974
WRITER:
Dennis 'Denny' O'Neil
ARTIST:
Irv Novick
INKER:
Dick Giordano
COLORS:
N/A
LETTERS:
N/A
EDITORS:
Julius Schwartz
COVER:
Nick Cardy
PRICE: $1.00 U.S.
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Two-Face (Harvey Dent); Robin (Dick Grayson)
PLOT:
N/A
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TITLE:
The Three Racketeers
STORY ARC:
None
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Bob Kane
INKER:
Jerry Robinson
COLORS:
N/A
LETTERS:
N/A
EDITORS:
Julius Schwartz
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson)
PLOT:
Three former racketeers play cards in prison and tell each other the stories of how they were defeated by Batman. One crook used phony distress calls to lure police away from the crime scenes, another made a serum to induce laziness, and the third gang boss stole tanks and used them to break into banks. All three met their defeat at the hands of Batman.
ORIGINAL PRINTING:
(Story Reprinted from Detective #61)
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TITLE:
7 Wonder Crimes of Gotham City
STORY ARC:
None
WRITER:
Gardner F. Fox
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Joe Giella
COLORS:
N/A
LETTERS:
N/A
EDITORS:
Julius Schwartz
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Alfred Pennyworth;
Commissioner James Gordon
PLOT:
Batman and Robin respond to a robbery at a hockey arena. The gang escapes, but they leave behind a giant mascot with the number seven on his back. When the crooks strike again at an architectural fair using a bright light to blind everyone around them, Batman and Robin use snow goggles to shield their eyes. They manage to catch a few of the crooks, but the mastermind of the gang escapes.
Next the crooks use a giant Batman prop to create infrared light which enables them to see during a blackout. Again, Batm and Robin fail to stop the gang, but they are able to detect a pattern in the crimes. The crooks are basing their crimes on the seven wonders of the ancient world. Batman is then able to deduce their next target. This time the Dynamic Duo succeeds in stopping the crooks and apprehending the criminal mastermind who planned them.
ORIGINAL PRINTING:
(Story Reprinted From Detective Comics #368)
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TITLE:
Twenty-Ton Robbery
STORY ARC:
None
WRITER:
Don Cameron
ARTIST:
Dick Sprang
INKER:
Dick Sprang
COLORS:
N/A
LETTERS:
N/A
EDITORS:
Julius Schwartz
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon
PLOT:
The Cavalier assumes a new secret identity as Albert Foster. He then puts together a new gang and begins a crime spree. When he encounters Batman and Robin, the Cavalier is prepared by having children mob the Caped Crusader for his autograph. Cavalier is then able to escape with Robin as a prisoner.
When they reach the Cavalier's hide-out, Robin calls Batman on his belt-radio. The Cavalier then leaves Robin in a trap and waits for Batman to arrive. Robin warns Batman before he springs a trap that would kill them both.
Batman and Robin then find the Cavalier stealing a whale from a museum. Though the villain gets away with the whale, Batman has little trouble finding him. Batman finally brings Cavalier down and takes him to jail.
ORIGINAL PRINTING:
(Story Reprinted From Batman #26)
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TITLE:
The Guardian of 100 Cities
STORY ARC:
None
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Charles Paris
COLORS:
N/A
LETTERS:
N/A
EDITORS:
Julius Schwartz
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson)
PLOT:
Batman and Robin follow four escaped convicts including Shag Darnell to a movie storage lot. They tell the watchman to call for police, but instead the watchman interferes with their pursuit. The man is Roger Stanton, a former actor who has turned his back on the world. He doesn't want a police battle to ruin his little world filling with movie props.
Batman pursues the crooks anyway. When they knock over a large statue, Batman risks himself to save Stanton. Batman and Robin are captured by the crooks. Stanton knocks out Darnell and frees Batman. After the crooks are rounded up, Stanton explains that Batman has given him a new outlook on life.
ORIGINAL PRINTING:
(Story Reprinted From Batman #95)
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TITLE:
The Man with a Thousand Eyes
STORY ARC:
None
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Lew Sayre Schwartzf
INKER:
Charles Paris
COLORS:
N/A
LETTERS:
N/A
EDITORS:
Julius Schwartz
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson)
PLOT:
N/A
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ORIGINAL PRINTING:
(Story Reprinted From World's Finest #43)
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