COVER TAGLINE:
None
TITLE:
Batgirl's Costume Cut-Ups
STORY ARC:
None
COVER DATE:
January, 1968
WRITER:
Gardner F. Fox
ARTIST:
Gil Kane
INKER:
Sid Greene
EDITORS:
Julius Schwartz
COVER:
Carmine Infantino; Murphy Anderson
PRICE: $.12 U.S.
CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne);
Robin (Dick Grayson); Batgirl (Barbara Gordon); Commissioner James Gordon
PLOT:
Batgirl is upset with herself when her own feminine vanity delays her in a fight with the Sports Spoiler Gang. Batman and Robin are able to catch part of the gang thanks to Batgirl's efforts, but she feels embarrassed. Batgirl seeks to redeem herself against the gang, but when she makes a girly shriek, Batman and Robin are distracted during another fight.
Batgirl tries to find a way to suppress her femininity during crimefighting. Then she realizes that it can also be used to her advantage. During her next fight with the gang, Batgirl rips her tights. The crooks are so distracted by her beautiful legs, that they are easily defeated by Batman. Batgirl feels that she has redeemed herself, but doesn't tell Batman that she deliberately tore her own tights to create the distraction
TITLE:
The Bellringer and the Baffling Bongs
WRITER:
Gardner F. Fox
ARTIST:
Mike Sekowsky
INKER:
Sid Greene
CHARACTERS:
Elongated Man; Sue Dibny
PLOT:
While visiting a California mission, Ralph Dibny is puzzled by a bell that rings without a rope attached. When he investigates, Ralph finds an injured man stumbling away from the mission. Sue drives the man to the hospital, while the Elongated Man continues to look around.
Ralph soon finds a gang of bank robbers retrieving some hidden loot from the mission. The gang attempts to tie Ralph in knots, but the Elongated Man prevails. However, he is unable to solve the case of the ringing bell.
When Ralph meets up with Sue again, she has an explanation. The man they found was Johnny Adams, an ex-convict who was the former leader of the gang Ralph battled. The crooks wanted their share of the loot from Adams, but he had already turned it over to police years earlier. After his release from prison, Johnny had succeeded in business, so the loot was actually money from his own pocket. Johnny struck the bell to signal the gang, but fell off a ladder just before Ralph arrived.
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