COVER TAGLINE:
None
COVER DATE: May, 1963
TITLE:
Batman's Psychic Twin
STORY ARC:
None
WRITER:
N/A
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Charles Paris
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
COVER:
Sheldon Moldoff
PRICE: $.12 U.S.
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne), Robin (Dick Grayson); Batwoman (Kathy Kane)
PLOT:
Bruce Wayne spots a wanted crook, Jo-Jo Gagan, on the street. He follows Gagan, but a nearby chemical explosion causes him to lose the trail. When he resumes the manhunt as Batman he finds Jo-Jo again, but discovers the chemical explosion has psychically linked him to the crook. When Jo-Jo is injured Batman feels an identical pain.
The underworld turns on Jo-Jo after learning about the connection. They believe if they kill Jo-Jo, Batman will die too. Jo-Jo also realizes this and escapes from them. Gagan also puts together the clues to learn Batman’s secret identity. He tries to give the information to the mob to get them off his back, but he dies before he can tell them. Batman has discovered an antidote to break the connection with Jo-Jo and lives even after Jo-Jo dies.
TITLE:
The Return of the Penguin
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Charles Paris
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Alfred Pennyworth;
Commissioner James Gordon; Vicki Vale; Penguin
PLOT:
The Penguin returns from semi-retirement after being mocked by members of the underworld. He challenges Batman during a crime spree, using bird-related crimes and clues. He reestablishes his reputation as one of Batman’s most brilliant villains, but he is eventually captured and sent to prison by the Dynamic Duo.
NOTE:
This story is often incorrectly counted as the first silver age appearance of the Penguin. Penguin's true silver age debut was in the first story of Batman #99.
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