COVER TAGLINE:
More Brand-New Whirlwind Adventures of The Batman and Robin!
TITLE:
The Strange Case of the Diabolical Puppet Master
STORY ARC:
None
COVER DATE:
Fall, 1940
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Bob Kane
INKER:
Jerry Robinson
EDITORS:
Whitney Ellsworth
COVER:
Bob Kane; Jerry Robinson
PRICE: $.10 U.S.
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson)
PLOT:
Agents of a criminal, Dmitri, scratch an atomic scientist, infecting him with a hypnotic serum. The serum allows Dmitri to control the scientist from afar. Batman prevents the scientist from handing over secret plans to the crook. Later during another battle with Dmitri’s men, Batman is scratched with the serum also. Robin manages to break Batman of the spell before he can turn some stolen loot over to Dmitri. Batman then captures the crook.
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TITLE:
The Ugliest Man in the World
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Bob Kane
INKER:
Jerry Robinson
EDITORS:
Whitney Ellsworth
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon
PLOT:
A horde of ugly men begin defacing beautiful works of art, and people in town suddenly become ugly. Batman tracks the horde in an attempt to stop them, but he is captured. He learns that the leader, Larry Larrimore was injected accidentally with a chemical which caused him to become ugly. This is his revenge. Robin rescues Batman and together they put a stop to Larrimore’s mob.
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TITLE:
The Crime School for Boys
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Bob Kane
INKER:
Jerry Robinson
EDITORS:
Whitney Ellsworth
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson)
PLOT:
Batman learns about a crime school for young boys, so he builds a gymnasium for them to use. Robin infiltrates the group of boys and teaches them fair play. Batman breaks up the gang responsible for the school, and the boys join in to stop the crooks.
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