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TITLE:
The Underworld Surgeon
COVER DATE:
January, 1948
WRITER:
Don Cameron
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:
Steve Travers has grown up idolizing his older brother Joe. Joe in turn has paid Steve's way through medical school in order for him to become a plastic surgeon. Steve then learns that Joe is a gangster. Joe forces Steve to become a criminal doctor, giving crooks new faces and fingerprints.
When Batman finds out that Scarface Nolan has had plastic surgery, he disguises himself in order to find the doctor who did the operation. Batman is taken to Travers, but his cover is blown. Robin arrives in time to prevent Batman's death, but the Caped Crusader is wounded while protecting Steve from a bullet.
Steve operates on Batman and saves his life. The criminal doctor then turns himself in, confessing to his deeds. He explains that Joe had threatened to kill his fiancee if Steve didn't cooperate. Steve got even though by making Joe look like Scarface Nolan, so that police would find him. Steve is acquitted thanks to Batman's testimony.
TITLE:
Polly Wants to Crack a Safe
WRITER:
Unknown
ARTIST:
Harris Levy
INKER:
Harris Levy
CHARACTERS:
Air Wave; Static
PLOT:
Angered because he isn't taken seriously, an impersonator known as the Parrot begins a life of crime. Air Wave attempts to apprehend the crook, but is thrown off by the Parrot's ventriloquism tricks. Air Wave finally uses a trick of his own by impersonating a squad of police to trap the Parrot and apprehend him.
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