Detective Comics Vol 1 327
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Appearing in "The Mystery of the Menacing Mask!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- None
Villains:
- Frank Fenton (First and only known appearance to date)
- Smiler (Robert Meachum) (First and only known appearance to date)
Other Characters:
- Andrew Wallace (First and only known appearance to date)
- James Packer (First and only known appearance to date)
- Linda Green (First and only known appearance to date)
Locations:
Items:
- Unknown
Vehicles:
- Unknown
Synopsis for "The Mystery of the Menacing Mask!"
A heated debate over Gotham Village has begun, while anti-crime groups want the area of Gotham City destroyed and rebuilt, there are those who are asking for conservation of the location because it's destruction would lead to many being homeless and many businesses going under.
As part of the committee, Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson decide to take a walk through Gotham Village where they are confronted by Linda Greene who asks Wayne to help preserve Gotham Village. She tells how she and her fiancé James Packer grew up there and will be married. But she explains that she is worried because he has been away from home at odd hours and also she found a map. When seeing a circled x Batman and Robin recall an earlier evening when they were doused with an isotope that put the same mark on their foreheads. Learning what kind of isotope it was and who in Gotham last ordered it they followed their lead to criminal Frank Fenton who flaunts stolen goods in their faces. Batman and Robin are unable to stop Fenton because the isotope they were exposed too allows Fenton to paralyze them until he can make his escape.
Finishing their recollection Linda spots her fiancé, and Bruce and Dick offer to speak to him on her behalf, but instead change to Batman and Robin to persue him. They end up finding a secret tunnel way to the criminal organization which runs in the Gotham Village area. When Fenton tries to paralize them again, he soon finds it doesn't work and Batman and Robin manage to round up the whole crowd.
When the police arrive, Batman notices the ring leader is wearing a fake mask and removes it to reveal that he is Roland Meacham, the head of the preservation committee of Gotham Village. When asked how they managed to counteract the effect of the isotope Batman then reveals that they used lead shielding in order to block the commands from Fenton and were able to stop all the crooks.
Later, back in their civilian guises Bruce and Dick see that Linda and James have patched things up and bring them news that the committee had decided to preserve Gotham Village after all.
Appearing in "Ten Miles to Nowhere!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- A gang of jewel thieves (First and only known appearance to date)
Other Characters:
- Captain Boomerang (Digger Harkness) (In flashback only)
- Flash (Barry Allen)
- Kid Flash (Wally West) (Cameo)
Locations:
Items:
- None
Vehicles:
- None
Synopsis for "Ten Miles to Nowhere!"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Notes
- "The Mystery of the Menacing Mask!" is reprinted in DC Special Series #1, Millennium Edition: Detective Comics #327 and DC Silver Age Classics: Detective Comics #327.
- "Ten Miles to Nowhere!" is reprinted in Detective Comics #445, Millennium Edition: Detective Comics #327 and DC Silver Age Classics: Detective Comics #327.
- Elongated Man back-up features begin with this issue.
Trivia
- First issue to feature Batman's "new look".
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See Also
Recommended Reading
Links and References
- Detective Comics article at Wikipedia
- Detective Comics series index at the Grand Comics Database
- Detective Comics series index at Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics
- Batman article at Wikipedia
- Batman (Silver Age) biography page at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
