Descrizione
BATMAN
ALBO ORIGINALE DEL 1968, ARNOLDO MONDADORI EDITORE
all’ interno : BATMAN E ROBIN : BATMAN AL CONTRATTACCO ! – BATMAN & SUPERMAN : LA GANG DEI FURFANTI – Le Bat-attrezzature (doppia pagina centrale)
CONDIZIONI : ECCELLENTI, PICCOLISSIMO E BLANDO TIMBRO DI COPIA ARRETRATA (ROSA) NELL’ ANGOLO BASSO DESTRO IN COPERTINA
La pubblicazione delle
storie di Batman da parte di Mondadori non segue rigorosamente l’ ordine
cronologico, ma è in ordine sparso, abbastanza frammentata e a random,
in una confusione caotica e poco giustificabile pur con l’ attenuante
che all’ epoca le storie non erano caratterizzate da una continuity
referenziale e vincolante ; in questo numero
troviamo :
BATMAN #205
September 1968
Cover : Irv Novick
“Blind as a…Bat?” (23 pages)
Editor: Julius Schwartz
Writer: Frank Robbins
Penciller: Irv Novick
Inker: Joe Giella
Letterer:
Feature Characters
Batman (next appears in Justice League of America #65)
Robin (next appears in Teen Titans #17)
Supporting Characters
Commissioner Gordon (next appears in Detective Comics #379)
Alfred Pennyworth (last seen in Brave and the Bold #79; next appears
in Detective Comics #378)
Villains
The Schemer and the men of Operation: Blindfold (last appearance
for all to date)
Other Characters
Joe and the armored car driver (last appearance for both to date)
Police of Gotham City
Comments
This story is continued from last issue.
Shortly after this story Batman helps the Justice League battle T.O.
Morrow in Justice League of America #65 while Robin and the Teen Titans
fight the Mad Mod in Teen Titans #17.
Synopsis
Batman ducks under the spotter’s first shot,
holding up his wrists so that the blast shatters his handcuff chains.
He then kayoes the spotter and switches clothes with him, posing as a blind
man to deliver the Batman “impostor” to Gordon and the police. Batman
discovers that the “blind” man’s glasses are photosensitive, adjusting
to darken bright lights.
Robin and the disguised Batman are on hand
when the “sightless men” converge on the armored car, along with a helicopter.
The chopper drops a magnesium flare, temporarily blinding all those without
the glasses. But Batman commandeers the truck and uses it to smash
a fire hydrant, bowling over the “blind” men, and then turns it over to
the truck drivers who take it to Gotham International Airport. Robin,
however, falls into the hands of the crooks and is transferred to the helicopter
as a hostage.
Batman calls in Alfred with the Bat-copter,
and is also provided with a new uniform. The Schemer has already
transferred Robin to his submarine, from which he intends to launch a missle
that will knock down the plane carrying the gold shipment transferred from
the armored car; afterwards, he will retreive the gold underwater.
But Batman and Alfred locate the sub, disguised as a “duck blind” even
though duck season has not begun. Freeing Robin, the heroes defeat
the Schemer and his men in hand-to-hand combat.
Later, Commissioner Gordon apologizes to Batman
and Robin for doubting them and tells them that the blind man was hired
by The Schemer to train his men to act convincingly “blind.” He was
killed to keep him silent, and to facilitate the “dead Batman” ruse.
Gordon, Batman, and Robin don dark glasses and crack “blind” jokes.
“Duel of the Crime Kings!”
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Robin
Villains:
- Joker
- Lex Luthor
Synopsis
Lex Luthor and the Joker break jail, and use a time machine to bring
Benedict Arnold, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Baron Von Munchausen to their
era for help in pulling off crimes.
