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Comics - Ongoing - Detective Comics - Issue #297

DETECTIVE COMICS #297
COVER TAGLINE: None
TITLE: The Beast of Koba Bay
STORY ARC: None

COVER DATE: November, 1961

WRITER: Bill Finger
ARTIST: Sheldon Moldoff
INKER: Charles Paris
EDITORS: Jack Schiff
COVER: Sheldon Moldoff

PRICE: $.12 U.S.

CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson)

PLOT:
Batman and Robin trail a wanted crook, Albey to Koba Island. They are told the legend of a sea creature which suddenly appears and kills Albey. Batman follows the clues to learn who Albey's secret partner was until the beast returns. This time Batman and the islanders chase off the creature with torches.

Batman and Robin then follow a crook, Spence, to a hidden cavern where a robot monster is stored. Spence was Albey’s partner and killed him to prevent exposure. The second attack was done by a real beast however, so Batman uses the robot creature to fight the real one. The robot is destroyed, but the sea monster is killed as well.


TITLE: J'onn J'onzz Vs. the Vigilantes

WRITER: Jack Miller
ARTIST: Joe Certa
INKER: Joe Certa
CHARACTERS: Martian Manhunter; Captain Harding

PLOT:
Frustrated by the law’s attempts to convict gangster, Fangs Frazer, Roger Weems forms the Citizen’s Vigilante Committee which tries to capture known gangsters. J’onn J’onzz interferes with the committee because they are breaking the law themselves. Using trickery, Weems eludes J’onn and goes to capture Frazer. However, the gangster has laid a trap for his foes. Fortunately, J’onn arrives in time to prevent Weems and his partners from being killed by Frazer’s men. Frazer is then arrested for attempted murder.

TITLE: Aqualad, Stand-In for a Star

WRITER: Jack Miller
ARTIST: Nick Cardy
INKER: Nick Cardy
CHARACTERS: Aquaman; Aqualad

PLOT:
Aqualad acts as a stunt double for Barry Blaine on a movie about Sea-Boy. Aqualad becomes jealous when Barry gets all the credit while he does the work. When Aqualad becomes entangled in a fishing net near an old war mine however, Barry comes to his rescue despite not being able to swim. Aquaman finishes off the mine, and Aqualad offers to teach Barry to swim.

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