Detective Comics #349

(March 1966)

Do You Make Life Hard for Yourself? (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

The Blockbuster Breaks Loose! (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman / comic story / 13.34 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Joe Giella

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hate Batman!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Blockbuster [Mark Desmond]; The Outsider [Alfred Pennyworth]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Roland Desmond

Synopsis

After months of living in an underground cavern, Blockbuster re-emerges while Batman and Robin are in the middle of thwarting a robbery. Speaking in the voice of Blockbuster's brother Roland Desmond saves the Batman from certain death. When Batman next encounters Blockbuster, he is knocked out and placed in a coffin by an obscured figure. After a confused Blockbuster turns on the mystery villain, Batman frees himself and knocks out Blockbuster. The mystery villain, however, now revealed as the Outsider, walks away more determined than ever to defeat Batman.

Reprints

• in Bumper Batcomic (K. G. Murray, 1976 series) #7 [Black and white.]
• in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #85 (Circa September 1966)
• in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #823 (3 de abril de 1976)
• in The Batman Family (DC, 1975 series) #9 (January-February 1977)
• in Batman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) (March 1999)
which is reprinted
• in Batman Classics Sonderband (Dino Verlag, 1999 series) #1 - Das Beste aus den 60er Jahren
• in Showcase Presents: Batman (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([August] 2007)
• in Tales of the Batman: Carmine Infantino (DC, 2014 series) ([July] 2014)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story in two part of 5.67 and 7.67 pages.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here sonny, give me your hand. I'll take you across the street.

Genre

humor

Characters

Casey the Cop

Reprints

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #224 (October 1955)

Painting a Model Car! Part 1 (Table of Contents: 5)

Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Job Number

6364

Genre

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Direct Currents / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Batman's Hot-Line / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Richard Flinchbaugh, Marvin Opotowsky, Gregory Kopko, Max Southall and Henry Goldman.

The 13 O'Clock Robbery! (Table of Contents: 8)

The Elongated Man / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Carmine Infantino

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Everybody knows that when a man goes fishing --

Genre

superhero

Characters

Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Sue Dibny

Synopsis

The Elongated Man and his wife Sue decide to go fishing at Lake Cherokee without knowing that the lake is dry. There, they observe a man fishing in the mud with a magnet who eventually snares a key. The Elongated Man follows the fisherman to the house of Elmer Ewell, where the fisherman knocks out the caretaker before breaking in. Following, Elongated Man hears a clock strike 13 before he is kayoed by the anti-theft system of the house. Awakening in a vault, Elongated Man escapes through the light fixture, tracks the fisherman to his hideout, and recovers the loot stolen from Ewell's home.

Reprints

• in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #823 (3 de abril de 1976)
• in Faucon Noir (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #12 (mars 1979) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Showcase Presents: The Elongated Man (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([September] 2006)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.