Batman #212

In "Baffling Deaths of the Crime-Czar!", Batman faces a puzzling mystery when three seemingly unrelated assassinations target the same man, each using a different method. With Commissioner Gordon baffled, Batman insists the victim didn’t die by murder at all—raising questions about whether his mind is still sharp or if he’s stumbled onto a truth too strange to believe. Written by Frank Robbins and illustrated with crisp precision by Irv Novick, with inks by Joe Giella and Joe Letterese, this 1969 classic features a cover by Irv Novick and Dick Giordano that captures the tension of a case where the real killer might be something far more unexpected than a criminal.