COVER TAGLINE:
None
TITLE:
The Midnight Raid of the Robin Gang
STORY ARC:
None
COVER DATE:
August, 1965
WRITER:
John Broome
ARTIST:
Sheldon Moldoff
INKER:
Joe Giella
EDITORS:
Julius Schwartz
COVER:
Carmine Infantino; Joe Giella
PRICE: $.12 U.S.
CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne);
Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon
PLOT:
Dick Grayson visits his classmate Tom Willard, who has not been attending school. He finds a Robin costume in a shed behind Tom's house. When he finds Tom, he pretends that he wants to drop out of school too. Tom brings Dick to the office of Al Craig, who heads a gang of drop-out juveniles. The boys all wear Robin outfits and are ordered to commit crimes.
While Dick pursues the boys as Robin, Batman catches one of them in a robbery. The boy escapes when the real Robin happens to cross paths with Batman. Robin's vision fails him, allowing the boys to escape. However, Robin leads Batman to Craig's hide-out, where the gang boss is apprehended.
Robin then visits a doctor to have his eyes checked. The doctor explains that a blow to the head was causing blurred vision. He prescribed eyedrops and rest, believing Robin's normal vision will return soon.
TITLE:
The Bandits and the Baroness
WRITER:
Gardner F. Fox
ARTIST:
Carmine Infantino
INKER:
Sid Greene
CHARACTERS:
Elongated Man; Sue Dibny
PLOT:
Ralph Dibny is invited to spend a weekend at a new hotel. When he arrives he meets six other men named Ralph Dibny. Ralph's is intrigued by the mystery and follows an anonymous tip to an address where he might find answers. Instead he finds an empty house and a trap. He easily escapes, then returns to the hotel.
While Ralph is gone, a crime is committed at the hotel. A baroness has her pearls stolen at dinner. The six Ralph Dibny's make a run for it. When the real Ralph sees them flee, he apprehends them. They admit to planning the robbery, but they claim to be innocent of the theft. They only pretended their names were Ralph Dibny to lure the Elongated Man out of town.
Sue spotted the real thief at dinner. She points out that the baroness's water bubbled after the theft. She realizes the pearls were fakes and dissolved in the water. The baroness planned to commit insurance fraud. Ralph apprehends her and her husband with the evidence.
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