Cover: Carmine Infantino & Murphy Anderson

Detective Comics #347

Jan 1966 · DC · 0.12 USD

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“The Strange Death of Batman!”

In "The Strange Death of Batman!", a twist on the usual crime-fighting formula, Gardner Fox imagines an alternate path where Batman falls to the Bouncer—only for Robin to face the challenge of stopping the elastic villain without his mentor. With Carmine Infantino’s dynamic art and Joe Giella’s crisp inks, this 1966 Detective Comics issue reimagines the hero’s legacy in a story that’s both a mystery and a what-if, all wrapped in Murphy Anderson’s striking cover.

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writer Gardner Fox · artist Carmine Infantino · inker Joe Giella · letterer Gaspar Saladino · cover Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson

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Full credits

writer Gardner Fox

artist Carmine Infantino

inker Joe Giella

letterer Gaspar Saladino

cover pencils Carmine Infantino

cover inks Murphy Anderson

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Batman and Robin put an end to the crime spree of the Bouncer by taking away his costume's properties of elasticity. But writer Gardner Fox wonders how the story would have turned out differently if Batman had been killed by the Bouncer and Robin had had to come up with a way to neutralize the Bouncer's abilities.

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