COVER TAGLINE:
None
TITLE:
The Boy Who Adopted Batman
STORY ARC:
None
COVER DATE:
April, 1957
WRITER:
n/a
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Charles Paris
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
COVER:
Sheldon Moldoff
PRICE: $.10 U.S.
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson)
PLOT:
Danny Benson, a boy without a father, visits the local park where there is a statue of Batman. Danny talks to the statue like it was his father. One day, the real Batman happens by while Danny is talking to the statue. Batman is impressed by the good-natured boy and gives him a bicycle to help his mother with errands.
On one errand, Danny sees crooks entering a laundry. He tells Batman about the men who are operating an illegal front. Batman fails to capture the crooks, but he follows them to a factory. Danny follows on his bike. When Batman is knocked out by the crooks, Danny marks the crooks' car, so that Batman can follow them.
With Danny's help, Batman finally apprehends the gang. Danny receives a reward for their capture. The police officer who delivers the check falls in love with Danny's mother, so Danny gets a new father.
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TITLE:
Robin Falls in Love
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Charles Paris
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson)
PLOT:
Batman and Robin attend an ice show, where Robin saves figure skater Vera Lovely from a perilous accident. Robin and Vera are smitten with each other, but Vera's press agent steps in to break them up. Robin daydreams about Vera which begins to affect his crimefighting. The press agent tricks both Robin and Vera into a misunderstanding, but Robin still retains his crush on her. When he returns to the ice show with Batman, they stop a jewel thief from recovering loot hidden in an old pair of Vera's ice skates. Robin and Vera patch up their misunderstanding, but Robin decides to redevote himself to fighting crime.
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TITLE:
The Grown-Up Boy Wonder
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Stan Kaye
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon
PLOT:
Batman and Robin guard an alien box given to them by Superman. When the box is accidentally opened, Robin is transformed into a man by a strange gas. He dons a new costume and becomes Owlman. Though his body is now that of an adult, Dick still makes childish mistakes. Eager to prove himself, Owlman tries to capture the Daredevils, a gang of criminal acrobats, himself. The crooks see his unmasked face before Batman rescues him. Working together, Batman and Owlman capture the crooks. The effects of the alien gas wear off, restoring Dick to normal. The crooks hope to recognize the man they saw unmasked, but since he is now a boy, their cause is hopeless.
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