Detective Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 1965.
Synopsis for "Batman's Inescapable Doom-Trap!"
When a magician and escape artist steals $100,000 to have inventor Eivol Ekdal to build yet another trap to escape out of, the two decide to make an inescapable death trap to capture Batman in. Tricking the caped crusader into trapping himself into a gas filling glass box with electrified floor, they attempt to kill him. However, Batman manages to escape with the aid of his Utility Belt.
Escaping, the two decide to sell their services to other crooks, however this next plot is foiled by Batman and Robin, who round everybody up and turn them over to the police.
Appearing in "Batman's Inescapable Doom-Trap!"
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Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Carnado the Great (Single appearance)
- Eivol Ekdal
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Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Peephole to the Future!"
Appearing in "Peephole to the Future!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- bank robbers (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
Locations:
- Empire City
Items:
Vehicles:
- the Dibny's car
Notes
- "Batman's Inescapable Doom-Trap" was loosely adapted into the Batman (1966) episodes "Zelda the Great" and "A Death Worse than Fate", which reinvented Carnado as the titular Zelda.
- "Batman's Inescapable Doom-Trap!" is reprinted in Showcase Presents: Batman Vol 2 and Batman '66: The TV Stories.
- "Peephole to the Future!" is reprinted in Showcase Presents: Elongated Man Vol. 1.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Batman Recommended Reading
- Batman (Volume 1)
- Batman (Volume 2)
- Batman (Volume 3)
- Batman and Robin (Volume 1)
- Batman and Robin (Volume 2)
- Batman and Robin (Volume 3)
- Batman Confidential (Volume 1)
- Batman: Gotham Knights (Volume 1)
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (Volume 1)
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat (Volume 1)
- Batman: Streets of Gotham (Volume 1)
- Batman Incorporated (Volume 1)
- Batman Incorporated (Volume 2)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 1)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 2)
- Batman/Superman: World's Finest (Volume 1)
- Batman: The Dark Knight (Volume 1)
- Batman: The Dark Knight (Volume 2)
- The Brave and the Bold (Volume 1)
- Detective Comics (Volume 1)
- Detective Comics (Volume 2)
- Superman/Batman (Volume 1)
- World's Finest (Volume 1)
Links and References
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