Detective Comics #339
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Batman Battles the Living Beast-Bomb!", a desperate scientist’s experiment goes awry when his mind-altering ray accidentally transfers intelligence to a gorilla, turning the beast into a criminal mastermind. Batman must confront the animal-powered threat, now wielding the scientist’s powers—and a deadly bomb that threatens to detonate if he’s defeated. Written by Gardner Fox and brought to life with dynamic art by Carmine Infantino and inks by Joe Giella, this 1965 classic showcases a uniquely twisted twist on the Caped Crusader’s rogues’ gallery, with a cover by Infantino and Giella that captures the chaos in bold, striking detail.
In "Batman Battles the Living Beast-Bomb!", a desperate scientist's experiment goes awry when a ray meant to grant animal powers instead transfers intelligence to a gorilla, turning the beast into a criminal mastermind. Batman must outwit the creature, now wielding both super strength and his own abilities, as the gorilla sets a deadly trap that could end in explosion—unless Batman can find a way to stop it.
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Reprinted in Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly #4 (1965), Batman - Lepakkomies #7/1967 (1967), Lynvingen #2/1968 (1968), DC Special #16 (1975), Faucon Noir #3 (1977), Vengeur #20 (1987), Batman: Cover to Cover #[nn] (2005), Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives #2 (2006), Showcase Presents the Elongated Man #1 (2006), Showcase Presents: Batman #1 (2006), DC Goes Ape #1 (2008), Tales of the Batman: Carmine Infantino #[nn] (2014), Läderlappen #8/1965
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