Cover: Curt Swan & Stan Kaye

Batman #122

Mar 1959 · DC · 0.10 USD

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“Prisoners of the Sargasso Sea”

In "Prisoners of the Sargasso Sea," Batman and Robin are stranded in a mysterious sea of endless seaweed after chasing the pirate Blackjack, only to uncover a hidden colony of men frozen in time by the strange gas within the kelp. With help from the ancient survivors, the Dynamic Duo outwit Blackjack’s crew and escape in a salvaged Batplane. Written by Bill Finger and illustrated by Sheldon Moldoff, with inks by Charles Paris and letters by Stan Starkman, the cover by Curt Swan and Stan Kaye captures the eerie isolation of the Sargasso Sea.

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writer Bill Finger · artist Sheldon Moldoff · inker Charles Paris · letterer Stan Starkman · cover Curt Swan, Stan Kaye

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Full credits

writer Bill Finger

artist Sheldon Moldoff

inker Charles Paris

letterer Stan Starkman

cover pencils Curt Swan

cover inks Stan Kaye

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While chasing a modern-day pirate, Blackjack, Batman and Robin are marooned in the Sargasso Sea. There they discover others who have been trapped for centuries by the seaweed and its strange age-defying gas, and with the help of these men they destroy Blackjack's weapons and escape in a repaired Batplane.

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