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TITLE:
The Box
COVER DATE:
December, 1947
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Bob Kane
INKER:
Charles Paris
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
COVER:
Bob Kane; Charles Paris
PRICE: $.10 U.S.
CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne);
Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner Gordon
PLOT:
A small box is stolen from a hotel room by a crook named Highwire Joe. When he opens the box, he is horrified to discover what awaits for him inside. Just then another crook murders Joe and takes the box. Batman sees the murder and follows the killer.
The killer gets away temporarily, but immediately after opening the box, he is killed by another crook. The crook takes the box to his boss, who opens it, and dies immediately from shock. Batman finally catches up to the box, only to have yet another crook steal it.
When the last crook finally opens the box, he finds a message inside telling him that the box contains a fortune in jewels, but he won't be able to profit from them, since the lock of the box was rigged with a poison needle. The crook is frightened by his impending doom and runs into the street where he is killed by a passing motorist.
Batman finally recovers the box. He almost opens it too, but decides to x-ray it first. He sees the jewels and the poison needle inside, plus a microphone and speaker. A voice emerges from the speaker telling Batman where to find the box's creator. Batman then learns that the box was made by a diamond collector whose son was killed by a stray bullet. The crooks involved in the shooting weren't convicted because evidence disappeared. So the diamond collector planted the box, then led each of the crooks involved to it. Each of the crooks that died when they opened the box was involved in the shooting. The collector, Briggs Carson, has his revenge, and he himself has less than a month to live, so he won't live through his own murder trial.
TITLE:
Static Sees Double
WRITER:
Unknown
ARTIST:
Harris Levy
INKER:
Harris Levy
CHARACTERS:
Air Wave; Static
PLOT:
Air Wave invents a robot double that he controls by remote control. When two crooks try to rob his apartment they find Static inside and deduce Larry Jordan's secret identity. The crooks set a trap for Jordan, planning to eliminate the D.A. and costumed hero with one shot. Jordan summons his robot counterpart to help capture the crooks and trick them into believing they were wrong about his secret identity. He then pretends to have a parrot of his own that resembles Static to account for the bird in his apartment.
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