COVER TAGLINE:
None
COVER DATE: April, 1961
TITLE:
The Blue Bowman
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); Signalman
PLOT:
Signalman escapes prison and takes the new identity of the Blue Bowman. Using archery skills learned in prison from former Green Arrow foe Bulls-Eye, the Bowman takes on Batman. While Batman is initially stopped by the trick arrows, he uses a variety of special batarangs to disarm and defeat the Bowman.
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TITLE:
The Island of 1,000 Traps
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Sheldon Moldoff
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon
PLOT:
Batman tracks fugitive George Milo to a small island, where the crook has built his hide-out. Milo has armed the island with numerous traps to prevent his capture. Batman and Robin elude and defeat each trap, eventually locating and apprehending Milo.
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TITLE:
Bat-Girl
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Sheldon Moldoff
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Batwoman (Kathy Kane); Bat-Girl (Betty Kane)
PLOT:
Kathy Kane’s niece Betty visits from out of town and learns Kathy’s secret identity of Batwoman. Betty devises a costume for herself and becomes Bat-Girl. Batwoman agrees to train Betty, but she is really just stalling, hoping that Betty will give up. To prove herself, Betty tries to apprehend the Cobra Gang herself, but is captured herself. She does manage to alert Batman and Batwoman to her peril and is rescued. In the battle with the Cobra Gang, Betty performs admirably, earning the right to wear the costume again someday.
NOTE:
First appearance of Betty Kane as Bat-Girl.
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