COVER TAGLINE:
None
TITLE:
Captives of the Alien Zoo
STORY ARC:
None
COVER DATE:
April, 1964
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)
PLOT:
After crash-landing the Bat-Plane in the African jungle, Batman and Robin are captured by aliens to be specimens for an alien circus. Batman tries to prove to the aliens that he is intelligent, but the aliens do not understand.
Batman then learns that the circus is being used as a training ground for criminal robberies using the alien animals. He and Robin escape confinement. They flee the circus while being pursued by alien authorities. Batman finally proves his intelligence to the aliens and exposes the criminal organization. He and Robin are rewarded by being returned to Earth.
TITLE:
The Death of John Jones, Detective
WRITER:
Jack Miller
ARTIST:
Joe Certa
INKER:
Joe Certa
CHARACTERS:
Martian Manhunter
PLOT:
A Babylonian idol called Diabolu is stolen from the home of John R. Collins by Vince Durskin. Durksin opens the Idol-Head and is struck by a flash of power. The power causes destructive beams to eminate from his eyes.
Later a glowing form emerges from the Idol-Head. The creature quickly becomes a menace, attracting the attention of J'onn J'onzz. While trying to protect a boy from being devoured by the creature, detective John Jones appears to be destroyed by it. He avoids destruction by becoming immaterial and escaping underground.
J'onn discovers the link between Durskin and the glowing creature. He captures Durskin, who has used his eye-beams to rob an armored car. Then he turns Durskin's eye-beams on the creature. The creature is destroyed, and Durskin loses his power.
The Idol-Head is not recovered and remains a threat. J'onn decides not to resume his John Jones identity. Instead he dedicates himself to battling the evil contained within the Idol-Head of Diabolu.
NOTES:
John Jones appears to be killed publicly in this story. As a result, J'onn abandons his human identity. He resumes it again beginning in Justice League of America #246.
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