COVER TAGLINE:
None
TITLE:
The Mystery of the $1,000,000 Treasure Hunt
STORY ARC:
None
COVER DATE:
March, 1963
WRITER:
Dave Wood
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Charles Paris
EDITORS:
Jack Schiff
COVER:
Sheldon Moldoff
PRICE: $.12 U.S.
CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne);
Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon
PLOT:
Batman receives a tip to a crime being committed and arrives to capture Boss Baker. Another gang boss is present as well and escapes, but Batman learns they are both in pursuit of a treasure left by missing gang boss, Elliot Madden.
Batman follows the clues to the final location, but he himself is captured in a flying cage. Madden has planned the entire hunt as a means to capture the Caped Crusader. Batman however suspected that Madden was alive and also the tipster, so he substituted a robot for himself ahead of time. The real Batman tracks down the captured robot and arrests Madden.
TITLE:
The Wizard Who Conquered J'onn J'onnz
WRITER:
Jack Miller
ARTIST:
Joe Certa
INKER:
Joe Certa
CHARACTERS:
Martian Manhunter
PLOT:
While on a stakeout, John Jones spots small-time crook Roy Roggins steal the famed Wand of Wodessa. The wand doesn’t work, but when the gang of Argus Weede arrives to take the rod from Roy, John uses his powers to fake the powers of the wand.
J’onn trails the gang to Argus, but the gang leader activates the wand for real using a special element. The wand allows him to escape and commit several robberies. It even affects J’onn. J’onn trails the gang back to their hide-out. He turns invisible and takes possession of the wand. Finally, J’onn destroys the rod and takes Argus to jail.
NOTES:
"J’onzz" is misspelled "J’onnz" in the title of this story.
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