COVER TAGLINE:
None
TITLE:
The Golden Eggs
STORY ARC:
None
COVER DATE:
April, 1956
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); Commissioner James Gordon; Penguin
PLOT:
The Penguin begins a series of crimes based on eggs that he has gathered. Each crime is based upon the type of bird that hatches from the egg. Batman deciphers the Penguin's clues and arrives at the scene of each crime. Penguin escapes, but Batman tracks down his hide-out. Penguin is then betrayed by one of the eggs which contains a baby alligator. The alligator bites his leg, allowing Batman to stop him.
NOTE:
First Appearance of the Penguin
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TITLE:
Batman -- Frontier Marshal
WRITER:
Edmond Hamilton
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Charles Paris
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Carter Nichols
PLOT:
An old newspaper article from the frontier days of America surfaces picturing Batman and claiming that he used a gun. Batman refutes the article, then investigates by travelling back in time with the help of Professor Nichols.
Batman arrives in Plains City and is soon made temporary marshal after capturing outlaw Pecos Pete. Batman deduces that Harris Harper is sabotaging the railroads. He captures Harper, then tracks down two men set to destory the railroad trestle. When the men try to escape, another lawman, Bat Masterson, arrives on the scene and shoots one of the outlaws.
Batman returns to his own time with the explanation that the article headline was referring to Bat Masterson, not Batman.
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TITLE:
The Phantom of the Bat-Cave
WRITER:
Edmond Hamilton
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Charles Paris
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Alfred Pennyworth
PLOT:
Batman fails to capture two bandits and their masked leader during one of their crimes. He does find a box held by the leader which he examines in the Bat-Cave. The box yields no clues, so Batman places it in his trophy case. The next day the box is gone and a tiny top hat is in its place.
Batman battles the crooks again. They escape again, this time leaving behind a toy gun. Batman again places the evidence in the trophy case. The next day, the gun is gone, having been replaced by another tiny top hat.
Batman suspects that the crook has learned the location of the Bat-Cave. When the magician then tries to blackmail Batman, threatening to expose Batman's secret identity, Batman agrees to pay. When Batman drops off the money, he traps the crook, who claims to know Batman's secret. However, Batman has already deduced that the trophies were made of memory plastic which resumed its original shape. The crook wasn't in the Bat-Cave at all, so Batman's secret identity remains safe.
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