Batman Vol 1 135
From DC Database
Appearing in "Crimes of the Wheel"
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- Frank "The Wheel" Foster (First and only known appearance to date)
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Synopsis for "Crimes of the Wheel"
The gambling den of Frank "Wheels" Foster is broken up by Batman and Robin, working with the Gotham Police Department, landing Foster behind bars, where criminals taunt him with his "Big Wheel" nickname. He manages an escape when the tire of a laundry truck bursts, sending the truck crashing into the prison gates. Foster is inspired to become a costumed criminal and use wheels as his motif for crimes. His first caper involves looting the Transportation Exposition, which features many wheeled vehicles. Batman and Robin appear and engage The Wheel and his gang in combat, but Foster blows tear-gas in their faces with a pinwheel and rolls away with his gang in a transport truck. Batman and Robin attempt to follow in a Roman-style horse and chariot, but The Wheel opens the back of his truck and pelts them with a horde of heavy truck tires, upsetting the chariot and knocking them unconscious. When they come to, Batman and Robin find themselves bound in two slots of a giant roulette wheel, onto which Foster drops heavy steel balls of crushing weight. Batman and Robin manage to deflect one of the balls as it bounces, wrecking the chute down which the balls fall. They trail The Wheel to the beach by the distinctive markings of his "Big Balloon" tires, and Batman stops him from escaping on a "space wheel" by leaping to it from the top of a Ferris wheel and kayoing the villain. Later, he is taken to prison by another wheeled vehicle--a paddy wagon.
Appearing in "The Return of the Second Batman and Robin Team"
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- Alfred Pennyworth
- Batman (Dick Grayson) (Alfred's fantasy)
- Batwoman (Alfred's fantasy)
- Robin (Dick Grayson)
- Robin (Bruce Wayne, Jr.) (First and only known appearance to date) (Alfred's fantasy)
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- John Crandall (First and only known appearance to date) (Alfred's fantasy)
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Synopsis for "The Return of the Second Batman and Robin Team"
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Appearing in "The Menace of the Sky Creature"
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Synopsis for "The Menace of the Sky Creature"
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Notes
- Batman appeared last in Detective Comics #283. He appears next in Justice League of America (Volume 1) #1.
- Alfred Pennyworth appeared last in Batman #131. He appears next in Batman #140
- Robin appeared last in Detective Comics #283. He appears next in Detective Comics #284.
- This issue includes a one-page Warden Willis humor strip by Henry Boltinoff.
Trivia
- "The Return of the Second Batman and Robin Team" continues a series of imaginary stories which began in Batman #131. The Batman and Robin team appears next as another one of Alfred's fantasies in Batman #145.
See Also
Recommended Reading
Links and References
- Entry for Batman #133 at Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics
- Entry for Batman #133 at the Grand Comics Database
- Second page of Batman Index at Dark Mark's Indexing Domain
