Cover: Sheldon Moldoff

Batman #161

Feb 1964 · DC · 0.12 USD

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“The New Crimes of the Mad Hatter”

In "The New Crimes of the Mad Hatter," Batman tracks a fugitive to a baseball stadium, only to have his moment disrupted by the mischievous Bat-Mite, who delights in turning heroics into chaos. With a wave of his magic, Bat-Mite conjures a parade of would-be heroes—each more comically inept than the last—before the real threat emerges. Written by Dave Wood and illustrated by Sheldon Moldoff, with inks by Charles Paris and letters by Stan Starkman, this 1964 classic features a cover by Sheldon Moldoff that captures the absurd flair of the story’s antics.

writer Dave Wood · artist Sheldon Moldoff · inker Charles Paris · letterer Stan Starkman · cover Sheldon Moldoff

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Full credits

writer Dave Wood

artist Sheldon Moldoff

inker Charles Paris

letterer Stan Starkman

cover pencils, inks Sheldon Moldoff

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Batman corners a wanted felon in a baseball stadium, but Bat-Mite appears and messes things up with his magical nonsense. Batman tells him to find another hero to pester, so Bat-Mite creates a series of heroes (the third a crook), but they fail miserably.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).