Batman #3: Adventures of the Batman and Robin
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- Series
- Batman
- Issue number
- 3
- Cover date
- 1940-10-01
- ComicVine ID
- 105813
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Issue summary
More exciting action and adventures with Batman and Robin in their fight against evil. You will find these following stories in this issue. The Strange Case of the Diabolical Puppet Master. The Ugliest Man in the World. The Crime School for Boys. The Batman vs the Cat-Woman. The Strange Case of the Diabolical Puppet Master. On one of his night patrols, Batman notices a man in cossacks about to bump into another person on purpose. He intercepts the fight between the two, and fights the man in cossacks. Suddenly three figures from a speeding car stops and one of them knocks out the Batman. Batman finds out the man he saved is a famous scientist "Dr Craig", who has worked on a formula for atomic energy. When Dr Craig goes on his way, he feels he has been scratched The next day as Bruce Wayne is walking the streets, he sees the goons from the night before and follows them to a act known as 'Dmitri the Puppet master'. So Bruce attends the show at night, while Robin is backstage looking for clues. Robin using a Doctor's Stethscope, he overhears Dmitri telling his goons, that soon the docter will be in his power, and the 'Voss Rifle' will be his. Later that night Batman is on his way to Dr Craig. While the same moment, Dmitri is talking about his serum, which was scratched on Dr Craig by his goons. The serum enables Dmitri to hypnotize a man over a large distance for 48 hours, and…
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Batman #3: Adventures of the Batman and Robin is a Batman issue with cover date 1940-10-01. Gotham Vault links it to Batman (Bruce Wayne), Robin (Dick Grayson).
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What comic is Batman #3: Adventures of the Batman and Robin?
Batman #3: Adventures of the Batman and Robin is a Batman-related comic issue in Gotham Vault's database. It is listed under the Batman series as issue #3 with a cover date of 1940-10-01.
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