- Script
- Doug Moench (credited)
- Pencils
- Tom Mandrake (credited)
- Inks
- Tom Mandrake (credited)
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy (credited)
- Letters
- John Workman (credited) (pages 1-2); John Costanza (credited) (pages 3-22)
- Job Number
- G-2909
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cary Grant he is not. But an audacious cat burglar he is.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; Robin [Jason Todd]; Alfred Pennyworth; Julia Remarque; Vicki Vale; Police Commissioner James Gordon; Detective Sgt. Harvey Bullock; The Film Freak [Burt Weston]; Mrs. Marsh; India Blue (actress); Al Jacobs (failed actor); Paul Vasseria (film director); Frank (entertainment editor for Picture News)
- Synopsis
- Batman and Catwoman team up to track down The Film Freak, a one-time actor turned theatrically-themed thief, while Robin teams up with Harvey Bullock to do the same.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- fame-is-fleeting; first appearance of recurring character(s); meta humor; movies; mystery; parody or tribute references
Story continues in Detective Comics #562. Story title from Ralf H. Kienzle.
First appearance of The Film Freak.
The character of Frank, Picture News entertainment editor, is visually based upon then-popular TV personality and film critic Gene Shalit, known for his distinctive, outsized handlebar moustache. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Shalit
META MOMENT:
To catch The Film Freak, Robin and Bullock stake-out the North Gotham Art Gallery where valuable movie memorabilia is to be sold at auction.
BULLOCK: "Sure wish I could go in there an' browse. I hear they got one o' Bogie's [Humphrey Bogart] hats an' a yellow brick from The Wizard O' OZ."
ROBIN: "And no doubt Burgess Meredith's pointy false nose." - referring to Meredith's portrayal of The Penguin on the Batman TV series (1966-1968).
- Script
- Robert Greenberger (credited as Bob Greenberger)
- Pencils
- Jim Aparo (Bat-Signals logo image of Batman)
- Inks
- Jim Aparo (Bat-Signals logo image of Batman)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-2267
- Characters
- Batman (logo)
- Keywords
- editorial feature; letters of comment
Letters of comment from David Seigler, Thomas Roynane, Brian D. Scott, Chad Cayler, Jeff Mitchell, Glen Hald, Juanita S. Wood, Carlos E. Torres Pizarro and Stan Johnston.