Batman (1940) #342 CGC 8.5
Cover pencils by Denys Cowan, inks by Dick Giordano. "Requiem for a Hero," script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Frank McLaughlin
Doctor Thirteen enters the Batcave just as the Man-Bat has Batman in his clutches; He tries to pistol whip the Man-Bat with his sonar gun, but the Man-Bat backhands Thirteen, sending him crashing into a cavern wall, knocking him unconscious; Batman picks up the weapon and, realizing what it is, activates it; The high-pitched sonic vibration sends the Man-Bat reeling in pain and he swoops off down a darkened corridor; Doctor Thirteen is admitted to the Gotham Hospital where he is diagnosed with a mild concussion; Commissioner Gordon questions Batman about what happened at Wayne Manor, but Batman remains close-lipped on the subject; Gordon has another angry outburst and tells him that he will not tolerate any lack of cooperation. "Burn, Robin, Burn," script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Trevor Von Eeden, inks by Frank Chiaramonte; Robin is suspended upside down from an inverted cross at the center of a Satanic ritual; The leader of this strange coven, Sharkey, mutters an incantation to his master, the demon Ba'al Zebub; Robin throws his weight against the cross, causing it to eventually uproot itself.
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