COVER TAGLINE:
None
TITLE:
Fan-Mail of Danger
STORY ARC:
None
COVER DATE:
June, 1955
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Charles Paris
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
COVER:
J. Winslow Mortimer
PRICE: $.10 U.S.
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson)
PLOT:
The post office summons Batman because they are swamped by tons of mail addressed to the Caped Crusader. Batman rents an office and hires secretary Susie Smith to help answer the mail. Susie wants the job to be permanent, so she grants an interview with reporters. She tells them that Batman answers every letter which causes the incoming mail to triple.
The excess mail begins to hamper Batman's crime-fighting duties. Also forger Vincent Crail uses the mail to obtain Batman's signature which he compares to several men suspected of being Batman. Batman tracks down Crail and protects his identity by signing his name with his left hand. Batman finally finishes answering the backlog of mail and encourages people to stop sending it.
NOTE:
Batman receives a letter from the father of Batman Jones in this story. Batman Jones appears in the third story of Batman #108.
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TITLE:
Batman's Guilty Neighbor
WRITER:
Dave Wood
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Charles Paris
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson)
PLOT:
Bruce Wayne meets his new neighbor Cal Tremont. After the meeting police tell Bruce that Tremont is a suspect in a series of burglaries. After one theft Batman chases a suspect back to Tremont's house, but the man has an alibi. Batman continues to investigate and determines that Tremont's gardener is the real crook.
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TITLE:
Ace, the Bat-Hound
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Stan Kaye
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Ace the Bat-Hound;
Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth
PLOT:
Batman and Robin rescue a lost dog. Bruce Wayne puts an ad in the paper searching for the owner. While waiting for a response, Bruce continues to operate as Batman. The dog follows him on a case, so Robin makes a mask for the dog. The Bat-Hound proves to be a successful helper in capturing crooks.
Batman learns that John Wilker is the dog's real owner. Wilker is missing, but with Ace's help Batman tracks him down. Ace then helps Batman escape when a gang of counterfeiters captures him. After Wilker is rescued, Ace is returned to his owner. Batman claims to have borrowed the dog from Bruce to track down Wilker, thus protecting his own secret identity.
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