COVER TAGLINE:
None
TITLE:
Batgirl Breaks Up the Dynamic Duo
STORY ARC:
None
COVER DATE:
November, 1967
WRITER:
Gardner F. Fox
ARTIST:
Carmine Infantino
INKER:
Sid Greene
EDITORS:
Julius Schwartz
COVER:
Gil Kane; Murphy Anderson
PRICE: $.12 U.S.
CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne);
Robin (Dick Grayson); Batgirl (Barbara Gordon); Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon;
Catwoman (Selina Kyle)
PLOT:
Batgirl follows a gang of crooks into Misty Swamp. She holds her own against the gang until Batman and Robin arrive. Batman falls in the swamp and shows symptoms of swamp fever. After researching the condition, Batgirl learns that within a week Batman will collapse. She knows that Batman will not stop fighting crime, so she conspires with Robin to help him.
Batgirl and Robin decide to team up, so that they can get to crimes before Batman. After several nights, Batman changes his crime fighting routine and is able to beat Batgirl and Robin to a crime scene. As Batgirl feared would happen, Batman collapses from the swamp fever before his fight with the crooks is over. Fortunately, Batgirl and Robin arrive in time to protect him from the crooks.
Batman praises Batgirl for her plan, admitting that despite the sickness, he would have continued crime fighting. Bruce then spends the next few days in bed to recuperate.
TITLE:
Legend of the Lovers' Lantern
WRITER:
Gardner F. Fox
ARTIST:
Neal Adams
INKER:
Neal Adams
CHARACTERS:
Elongated Man; Sue Dibny
PLOT:
Sue Dibny purchases a lovers' lantern at an auction house. Supposedly the lantern has supernatural properties and will ensure that the owner's loved ones will return home safely. When leaving the gallery, Sue is robbed by a sneak thief. Her husband, the Elongated Man, gives chase. His pursuit is interrupted when he happens across another group of crooks. He stops them, but the original thief escapes.
The Elongated Man has no clues with which to track the thief. However, when the thief sees in the newspaper that his victim was Sue Dibny, he fears that the Elongated Man will track him down. To protect himself, he returns the stolen lantern to Sue. Ralph is then able to analyze the package, and track down the thief, and apprehend him.
Sue then gives the lamp to Martha Hanlon, who is hoping that her husband will return alive after being captured by bandits. Shortly after she lights the lantern, John Hanlon returns safely, leaving Sue to wonder if the superstition surrounding the lantern is real.
| 
Home
