COVER TAGLINE:
None
TITLE:
The Wizard of 1,000 Menaces
STORY ARC:
None
COVER DATE:
August, 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); Alfred Pennyworth; Ace the Bathound
PLOT:
Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson attend a historical pageant held by the Gotham City Historical Society. The pageant is menaced by criminals using strange inventions and commanded by someone known as the Professor.
Batman is captured by the Professor, Arnold Hugo, who is angry at being considered a minor scientist. Hugo has used a machine to increase his cranial capacity and brain size. Batman and Robin escape from Hugo’s trap and stop his plan to create a second moon.
TITLE:
The Last Days of J'onn J'onzz
WRITER:
Jack Miller
ARTIST:
Joe Certa
INKER:
Joe Certa
CHARACTERS:
Martian Manhunter; Captain Harding; Diane Meade
PLOT:
The Martian Manhunter confronts a gang of crooks using oversized robotic animals to assist them in their thefts. J’onn stops the first robbery, but suddenly finds himself weakened.
In his John Jones guise he remains healthy, but when he assumes his martian identity, J’onn becomes incredibly weak. The cause is a strange meteorite outside of town. J’onn is unable to destroy it, and the effect is becoming worse.
Realizing J’onn is too weak to stop them, the remaining criminals attack the city. J’onn comes to the rescue, having regained his strength. Fortunately, the meteorite burned itself out, and it's effect on J’onn ended. Back at full strength, J’onn defeats the crooks.
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