COVER TAGLINE:
None
TITLE:
The Condemned Batman
STORY ARC:
None
COVER DATE:
March, 1962
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Charles Paris
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
COVER:
Jim Mooney
PRICE: $.12 U.S.
CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne);
Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon
PLOT:
During an accident at a synthetic gem factory, Batman is exposed to the rays of a strange machine. His body now gives off deadly heat, and he can only breathe methane. Robin constructs a plastic dome for him to continue fighting crime in.
Brains Beldon, a gang leader, has his men attack Batman and try to break open the shell. While this is going on, the crook robs an armored car. The police are called away to help Batman, allowing Beldon to make an easy getaway.
Batman pursues Beldon to a dam. Beldon unleashes the flood waters on the town below, but Batman uses the heat he is generating to cut the dam’s power. Batman is caught in some electrical wires, which cure him of his condition. He catches Beldon and is back to normal.
TITLE:
The Mystery of the Martian Marauders
WRITER:
Jack Miller
ARTIST:
Joe Certa
INKER:
Joe Certa
CHARACTERS:
Martian Manhunter; Captain Harding; Diane Meade
PLOT:
A band of martians attack the city. John Jones can’t get away from Diane Meade to change identities and fight as the Martian Manhunter. The martians disappear, but J’onn finds a machine like the one Dr. Erdel used to bring him to Earth.
J’onn returns to Mars and is reunited with his family. He discovers that the martians with the aid of missing scientist, Alvin Reeves, have stolen matches which are deadly to martians. J’onn destroys their stockpile and captures the criminals. He then returns Reeves to Earth, who forgets the entire encounter because of amnesia.
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