COVER TAGLINE:
None
TITLE:
Death Knocks Three Times
STORY ARC:
None
COVER DATE: May, 1966
WRITER:
Robert Kanigher
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Joe Giella
EDITORS:
Julius Schwartz
COVER:
Carmine Infantino; Murphy Anderson
PRICE: $.12 U.S.
CHARACTERS:
Batman (Bruce Wayne), Robin (Dick Grayson)
PLOT:
Batman and Robin stop a crook in a skeleton costume called Death-Man. The crook boasts that he will escape justice, but he is sentenced to the electric chair. Before leaving the court room, Death-Man appears to have a heart attack and dies.
Batman is haunted by Death-Man's boasts that he could escape justice. When a report comes in that Death-Man has returned, Batman's fears are realized. Batman and Robin once again capture their foe after a fierce battle. Once again, Death-Man dies before going to prison.
Batman is still puzzled by Death-Man's resurrection until he learns about a yogi trick of slowing a man's heart rate. Batman returns to Death-Man's grave to find it empty. Death-Man has escaped again. This time he gets the drop on Batman. Before Death-Man can shoot Batman, he is struck dead by lightning. This time, his death is not a trick, and Death-Man remains dead.
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