COVER TAGLINE:
None
TITLE:
The Valley of the Giant Bees
STORY ARC:
None
COVER DATE:
June, 1954
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Dick Sprang
INKER:
Charles Paris
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
COVER:
J. Winslow Mortimer
PRICE: $.10 U.S.
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon
PLOT:
Batman and Robin follow a gang of sugar thieves to a secluded jungle location. A strong wind knocks Batman off a cliff. When he recovers he discover the sugar thieves are drones working for a race of giant bees. Batman battles the bees and tries to rescue Robin, who has been taken captive. When he finally finds Robin, he is shaken back to his senses. He had only imagined the bees in a hallucination caused by the fall. Robin shows him the the sugar thieves are really bootleggers with an illegal liquor still.
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TITLE:
The Sleeping Beauties of Gotham City
WRITER:
David Vern Reed
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Stan Kaye
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Catwoman (Selina Kyle)
PLOT:
Selina Kyle enters a beauty contest. Batman tries to arrest her for her crimes as Catwoman, but Selina claims that she isn't the feline female. Without proof, Batman is forced to let her go.
Selina then succumbs to a strange sleeping sickness. While Selina sleeps in a glass case, Catwoman is still on the loose. Other beauty pageant contestants also fall victim to the sleeping sickness with Catwoman's help. Selina awakens from her illness and wins the contest, since her competition is still asleep. When she is awarded the prize, Batman steps in. The prize contains stolen diamonds. Selina was part of a smuggling operation. Batman then proves that Selina wasn't in the glass case, it was faked using movie projectors.
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TITLE:
Ten Nights of Fear
WRITER:
David Vern Reed
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Charles Paris
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon
PLOT:
Batman lends his belt radio to a detective from Scotland Yard for inspection. When he gets it back, he begins having terrible nightmares. The next day, he sees objects from the nightmares while awake. The dilemma causes Batman to lose his sanity. Robin takes him to a doctor, where Batman realizes that the inspector was a phony. He examines the radio and discovers the tampering. With a clear head, Batman rounds up the gang, then gets a good night's sleep.
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