BATMAN #26

COVER TAGLINE: None TITLE: Twenty Ton Robbery STORY ARC: None COVER DATE: December/January, 1944 WRITER: Don Cameron ARTIST: Dick Sprang INKER: Dick Sprang EDITORS: Jack Schiff COVER: Jerry Robinson PRICE: $.10 U.S. 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.

TITLE: Adventures of Alfred - Receipe for Revenge WRITER: Jack Schiff ARTIST: Jerry Robinson INKER: Jerry Robinson EDITORS: Jack Schiff CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Alfred Beagle PLOT: Alfred visits the market, but forgets his wallet at home. When he notices that it is missing, he suspects another shopper of being a pickpocket. Alfred follows the man outside and inadvertantly saves him from being shot. Alfred captures the gunman, who is the brother of a gangster. The man Alfred suspected as a pickpocket pledges gratitude. He is a chef, who buys Alfred's groceries and offers to cook dinner.

TITLE: The Year 3000 WRITER: Joseph Greene ARTIST: Dick Sprang INKER: Dick Sprang EDITORS: Jack Schiff CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson) PLOT: In the year 3000, Earth is invaded by Saturn. The people are unable to fight back after enjoying more than a century of peace. One man, Brane, tries to convince the people to stand up and fight the invaders. The people are too scared to listen. Brane adopts the costume and identity of the 20th century hero, Batman. His young friend Ricky joins him in the role of Robin. Together they rally the people and overthrow the invaders. Brane then leads his people to Saturn to stop the enemy. After winning the war, Brane discovers that the Saturnian invaders were merely robots controlled by a tyrant named Fura. The real Saturnians are peaceful.

TITLE: Crime Comes to Lost Mesa WRITER: Don Cameron ARTIST: Dick Sprang INKER: Dick Sprang EDITORS: Jack Schiff CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson) PLOT: Monk Bardo and Randy Roose escape from prison. They hide out in the mesas inhabited by the Pueblo indians. Batman and Robin follow the crooks and are brought into a Pueblo city by Nachee, a young boy. Mordu the tribal medicine man has thrown in with the crooks in order to take over control of the tribe from Chief Tolto. Batman and Robin are thrown in a pit and set to be executed, but Nachee helps them escape. The Caped Crusaders expose Mordu's plot and take the crooks back into custody. They leave the tribe as friends.

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