COVER TAGLINE:
None
TITLE:
The Flying Batman
STORY ARC:
None
COVER DATE:
March, 1954
WRITER:
David Vern Reed
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Stan Kaye
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
COVER:
J. Winslow Mortimer
PRICE: $.10 U.S.
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson)
PLOT:
Batman and Robin are brought to the Lost Valley of the Bird-Men by a flying man with wings. The man and the inhabitants of the valley ask Batman's assistance to defeat the Gravio Clan, a winged family of tyrants. Batman agrees to help. He is given wings via a surgical procedure that enables him to fly. Batman and Robin then apprehend the rogues. After defeating the Gravios, Batman's wings are removed, and he returns to Gotham.
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TITLE:
The Man Who Could Change Fingerprints
WRITER:
David Vern Reed
ARTIST:
Dick Sprang
INKER:
Charles Paris
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon
PLOT:
Lew Farnum escapes from prison and visits a plastic surgeon, Doc Brice. Farnum then commits a small robbery. After the robbery, Farnum proves to several other crooks that he had his fingerprints changed. He offers to do the same for them if they steal for him.
When the crooks commit their robberies, Batman catches one of them. Then he infiltrates the gang disguised as Pepper Nolan. When he is about to undergo the process to have his prints changed, Farnum tries to kill him. He anticipated the action and stops Farnum. He then exposes the fingerprint alteration as a hoax, perpetrated to trick the crooks. Farnum and his associates are then sent back to prison.
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TITLE:
The Olympic Games of Crime
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Dick Sprang
INKER:
Dick Sprang
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon
PLOT:
Gotham gang boss Dimples Drew decides to hold an Olympics of Crime. Crooks from around the country flock to Gotham to compete in various events. Batman captures some of them, then infiltrates the gang disguised as Lefty Lanning. Drew anticipated Batman's interference and is able to penetrate the lawman's disguise. For the final olympic event, Drew announces that Batman is in the crowd. The crooks all try to kill him, but despite their efforts Batman escapes from harm, then traps the crooks. Robin arrives with the police, and the crooks are arrested.
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