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"Batman! Drop Dead... Twice!": Batman and Robin have a falling out which causes the Boy Wonder to leave the team. At the same time Salvo, a professional crook, and his apprentice Chino have a similar fight.

Detective Comics #378 is an issue of the series Detective Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of August, 1968.

Synopsis for "Batman! Drop Dead... Twice!"

Batman and Robin have a falling out which causes the Boy Wonder to leave the team. At the same time Salvo, a professional crook, and his apprentice Chino have a similar fight.

Chino rents a room and takes in Dick Grayson as his roommate. Dick soon discovers that Chino is a crook, but he hopes that he can set the boy straight. Instead Chino intends to use Dick as bait to kill Batman. Chino dresses Dick in a Robin costume, then sends Batman a note that will lead him into a trap. Meanwhile, Salvo has also learned about the Batman-Robin split. He dresses his assistant Chopper as Robin and uses the same plan as Chino to set a trap for Batman.

The Caped Crusader then receives two notes that claim Robin is a prisoner and he is forced to perform two rescues simultaneously. Batman shows up at the site where Salvo has prepared a trap and a hired assassin, named The Icer, fires a rifle, apparently striking Batman. Strangely, at the same time, Batman shows up where the real Robin is being held as bait and as Robin yells a warning, Chino shoots at Batman.

Appearing in "Batman! Drop Dead... Twice!"

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Antagonists:

  • Salvo (First appearance)
  • Chino (Salvo's apprentice) (First appearance)
  • Chopper (Salvo's henchman) (First appearance)
  • Icer (a sniper) (First appearance)

Other Characters:

  • Joe (a photographer) (Single appearance)

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Synopsis for "Menace of the Man-Killing Shooting Gallery!"

A paranoid man named Hanford Jenkins keeps shooting at different objects in his hotel room. He is convinced that the mob has planted a trigger mechanism in his vicinity to set off a bomb and kill him. He claims to be a reporter on the verge of breaking an expose on the mob. In reality, Jenkins is covering up a real robbery taking place on the upper floors. His gunshots are covering a safe robbery but his plans are foiled when EM sees through his scheme.

Appearing in "Menace of the Man-Killing Shooting Gallery!"

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Antagonists:

  • Hanford Jenkins (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

  • Evelyn (Single appearance)
  • Evelyn's husband (Single appearance)

Locations:

  • Unknown City
    • Pendragon Arms Apartments

Items:

  • None

Vehicles:

  • None

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