COVER TAGLINE:
None
TITLE:
Trail of the Talking Mask
STORY ARC:
None
COVER DATE:
January, 1965
WRITER:
Gardner F. Fox
ARTIST:
Carmine Infantino
INKER:
Joe Giella
EDITORS:
Julius Schwartz
COVER:
Carmine Infantino; Joe Giella
PRICE: $.12 U.S.
CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne);
Robin (Dick Grayson)
PLOT:
Batman and Robin attempt to stop a jewel robbery, but the three perpetrators escape without noticing the Dynamic Duo. Batman suspects the crooks were automatons controlled via remote. He was tipped off to the robbery by private investigator Hugh Rankin. Rankin has followed the crooks himself, and in so doing, leaves a trail for Batman to follow.
Ranking arrives at the crooks' hide-out first. He is quickly apprehended by the gang's boss the Make-Up Man. When Batman arrives, a trap has been prepared to kill them. Batman escapes the trap and defeats the gang. Rankin is released, but Batman then realizes he is an imposter. The Make-Up Man is captured, and the real Rankin is found.
TITLE:
Break Up the Bottle-Neck Gang
WRITER:
Gardner F. Fox
ARTIST:
Carmine Infantino
INKER:
Sid Greene
CHARACTERS:
Elongated Man; Sue Dibny
PLOT:
Elongated Man is contacted by police to help stop a gang called the Bottleneck Bandits. The bandits elude capture by knocking Ralph out during their first encounter. Ralph then borrows the costume of a young boy to use when he confronts the crooks again.
Ralph finds the crooks and allows them to believe they have shot him. He leaves the empty costume behind as proof of his death. The crooks take the costume back to their boss. Elongated Man is able to follow them with a transmitter hidden in the costume. He then surprises the gang, captures them all, including the leader.
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