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TITLE:
Robin, the Boy Failure
COVER DATE:
March, 1949
WRITER:
Bill Finger
ARTIST:
Dick Sprang
INKER:
Charles Paris
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
COVER:
J. Winslow Mortimer; Charles Paris
PRICE: $.10 U.S.
CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne);
Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon
PLOT:
Dick Grayson is struck in the head when he saves a falling woman. The blow causes partial amnesia. Dick forgets everything that happened since his parents died including his adventures as Robin.
Bruce Wayne decides not to tell Dick that he is Robin. Instead, he trains Dick as Robin's stand-in in hopes that Dick's memory will return. When Batman's efforts prove unsuccessful, he tries another idea. Batman falls off a building which causes Dick to remember his parents fall and that of the woman he saved. The shock restores Dick's memory. Batman is saved by a safety net that he put in place prior to the fall.
TITLE:
The Smash-Up Crimes
WRITER:
Otto Binder
ARTIST:
Jimmy Thompson
INKER:
Jimmy Thompson
CHARACTERS:
Robotman
PLOT:
Robotman is severly damaged while pursuing Mountain Mike, a gangster. Robotman manages to crawl to a car repair shop where the owner, Joe Bloe rebuilds his metal body. Robotman then goes after the crooks again, only to find that the mechanic did a poor job fixing him. Robotman's body fails him, and the crooks escape.
Robotman returns to the repair shop only to discover that the crooks have stop there for car repairs. When the attempt to escape their car breaks down, due to Joe's poor work. After the crooks are caught, Joe offers to help fix Robotman again, but the offer is refused.
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