COVER TAGLINE:
None
TITLE:
The Duped Domestics
STORY ARC:
None
COVER DATE:
April/May, 1944
WRITER:
Alvin Schwartz
ARTIST:
Bob Kane
INKER:
Jerry Robinson
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
COVER:
Dick Sprang
PRICE: $.10 U.S.
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon;
Alfred Beagle; Catwoman (Selina Kyle)
PLOT:
Alfred has fallen in love with the maid of a nearby socialite. He is so smitten that he begins neglecting his household duties. When he meets the maid, he tries to impress her by telling her that he is a close friend of Batman. When she demands proof, Alfred returns to Wayne Manor for a spare Batman costume. He then tricks the maid into believing that he is Batman. However, the maid is really Catwoman, so she captures him.
The real Batman and Robin deduce the maid's true identity from a poem Alfred has written. They realize Catwoman is using the servants of the wealthy to gain information for robberies. As Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson, Batman and Robin visit the house they suspect Catwoman is using. They too are captured and reunited with Alfred.
While Catwoman robs Wayne Manor Alfred, Bruce, and Dick escape. The real Batman and Robin stop Catwoman's gang. Catwoman herself nearly escapes, until she happens across Alfred, who is still disguised as Batman. Alfred gives Catwoman a spanking, then turns her over to police.
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TITLE:
Dick Grayson, Telegraph Boy
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Jack Burnley
INKER:
Jerry Robinson
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Alfred Beagle;
Commissioner James Gordon
PLOT:
Dick Grayson gets a job delivering telegrams. When he delivers one to an observatory, he recognizes the man receiving it as a criminal. He checks Batman's crime files and learns the man is Mike Optik. Batman finds Dick searching the files and also learns about Dick's new job. Dick won't tell him why he took the job, but together they track down Optik.
The crook is using the observatory's telescope to spy on Gotham City. Using information his gang obtains, Optik is able to commit stunning robberies. Batman and Robin stop him and the gang. Dick then returns to his delivery job where he delivers a singing telegram to Bruce Wayne for his birthday. He explains that he wanted to earn money to buy Bruce a nice gift.
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TITLE:
Adventures of Alfred - Conversational Clue
WRITER:
Mort Weisinger
ARTIST:
Jerry Robinson
INKER:
Jerry Robinson
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Alfred Beagle
PLOT:
While researching criminology at the library, Alfred meets a professor of the subject. Before he can finish talking to the professor, Alfred overhears two men talking about a murder. Alfred follows the men in order to stop them from committing the crime. When he bursts in on them, he discovers they are radio actors, rehearsing a murder scene.
Alfred leaves embarrassed, then discovers he switches notebooks with the professor. He tracks down the man and discovers the professor is actually a safecracker. The professor tries to kill Alfred, but through an accident the butler manages to capture the crook and his assistant.
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