COVER TAGLINE:
None
COVER DATE: February, 1961
TITLE:
Robin's New Boss
STORY ARC:
None
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Charles Paris
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
COVER:
Sheldon Moldoff
PRICE: $.12 U.S.
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne), Robin (Dick Grayson)
PLOT:
A new masked hero has arrived in Gotham calling himself Mr. Marvel. Using spectacular gadgets, Marvel becomes a crime-fighting rival to Batman. Robin decides that he can learn a lot from Mr. Marvel and leaves Batman to form a new partnership with the newcomer.
Batman is disheartened that his partner has disolved their team. However, Robin was actually blackmailed into joining Mr. Marvel. Robin pretends to enjoy their partnership, but then turns on him. He removes Marvel’s belt which was designed to kill Batman.
The Caped Crusader arrives and unmasks Mr. Marvel. Beneath the mask is an alien. He came to Earth to win a bet over whether or not he could break up the Dynamic Duo for ten days. He is sent back to his world a failure.
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TITLE:
The Bandit with 1000 Brands
WRITER:
n/a
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Sheldon Moldoff
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson)
PLOT:
A new criminal challenges Batman by leaving clues to his crimes in the form of cattle Brands. Batman figures out the first two clues and arrives on the scene, but the crook escapes with the loot. The Brand leaves a third clue for Batman, but using some evidence left at the scene Batman is able to deduce the criminal’s plan. The Dynamic Duo shows up in an abandoned subway tunnel to confront the crook who is robbing a bank. They stop him and deduce that the last clue he left was a decoy to lure them away from the bank, his real target.
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TITLE:
Teacher from the Stars
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Sheldon Moldoff
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson)
PLOT:
Gotham City is visited by a teacher from the planet Siga and his students. The teacher, Blish, asks Batman to be his guide of the city. Batman gives them a tour, but the students begin causing mischievious trouble. They are given a spanking, and then Batman takes them to the Planetarium.
The boys get loose again and unknowingly help some crooks. The Dynamic Duo stops them from escaping. Blish then explains that he came to this planet by mistake and the trip to the planetarium showed him that. The teacher and the students then leave Earth to return home, leaving behind a class picture.
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