BATMAN #121

COVER TAGLINE: None TITLE: The Ice Crimes of Mr. Zero STORY ARC: None COVER DATE: February, 1959 WRITER: Dave Wood ARTIST: Sheldon Moldoff; CHarles Paris COVER: Curt Swan; Stan Kaye PRICE: $.10 U.S. CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Mr. Freeze (as Mr. Zero) INTERIOR ART: PLOT: While experimenting with an ice gun, a criminal scientist falls victim to a lab accident. As a result he can only breathe at freezing temperatures. The scientist designs a special suit to keep the air around him cold, then he uses the ice gun to commit crimes as Mr. Zero. Batman and Robin track down Mr. Zero after several unsuccessful encounters. However, upon finding Mr. Zero's hide-out, the Dynamic Duo is captured and frozen inside blocks of ice. Batman manages to tilt his block, breaking a steam pipe. The steam releases him from the ice block and allows him to capture Mr. Zero. Somehow the steam has also cured, the villain's strange affliction. NOTE: First appearance of Mr. Freeze

TITLE: The Body in the Bat-Cave WRITER: Bill Finger ARTIST: Sheldon Moldoff INKER: Charles Paris EDITORS: Jack Schiff CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson) PLOT: Batman and Robin discover the body of electronics genius turned criminal Alec Wyre in the Bat-Cave. They believe wire and an associate discovered the cave, then the associate murdered him. Batman then tracks down three suspects, despite the fact that one must know his secret identity. All three suspects prove to be false leads. Batman then deduces that Wyre found the Bat-Cave on his own and was knocked dead when he hit his head on a stalactite. The location of the Bat-Cave and Batman's secret identity therefore remains a secret.

TITLE: Crime Rides the Rails WRITER: Bill Finger ARTIST: Sheldon Moldoff INKER: Charles Paris EDITORS: Jack Schiff CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson) PLOT: Batman and Robin help the railroad police while prisoner Duds Dekker is transported to an upstate prison. Dekker's gang makes several attempts to free their boss during the trip. Eventually they succeed by luring Batman away by derailing a circus train. After handling an escaped lion, Batman returns and recpatures Dekker and the rest of his gang.

REVIEW: N/A