COVER TAGLINE:
None
TITLE:
The Fight That Jolted Gotham City
STORY ARC:
None
COVER DATE: December, 1964
WRITER:
France E. Herron
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Joe Giella
EDITORS:
Julius Schwartz
COVER:
Carmine Infantino; Joe Giella
PRICE: $.12 U.S.
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne), Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon
PLOT:
Circus strongman Mr. Mammoth is scheduled to perform for a charity event in Gotham City. Mr. Mammoth has been plagued by seemingly random attacks of agression that cause him to go crazy. He contacts Batman for help.
Batman deduces that music on a radio is responsible for Mr. Mammoth's behavior. He is unable to prevent Mr. Mammoth from listening to the radio again. The strongman goes berserk and battles Batman. Eventually the effect wears off. Batman ensures that Mr. Mammoth does not hear the music during the charity event, after which the strongman seeks medical help to alleviate the problem.
TITLE:
How to Solve a Perfect Crime -- in Reverse
WRITER:
France E. Herron
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Joe Giella
EDITORS:
Julius Schwartz
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon
PLOT:
At a meeting of the Mystery Analysts, the group finds a tape recording left by one of its members. The recording reveals that a perfect crime was committed by a member of the group, the theft of a rare diamond.
The Analysts split up to investigate the crime perpetrated by one of its own. When they meet again, Batman records their verbal reports and compares it to their written ones. He determines that Prof. Ralph Vern must be the crook. Batman then backtracks Vern's past and finds how he accomplished the theft. He then proves it to everyone, and Vern is arrested.
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