Detective Comics #341

(July 1965)

Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Joker's Comedy Capers! (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 15.34 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome (sourced)

Pencils

Carmine Infantino (sourced)

Inks

Joe Giella (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Never the one to pass up an opportunity to commit a different kind of robbery -- for which he is to receive a bonus before and after the theft -- The Joker devises a series of gags that leaves his victims laughing -- helplessly!

Feature Logo

Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [face left]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Joker; members of The Joker's gang; Mr. Cornelius Van-Van (oil tycoon and old-movie buff); Mr. Throckmorton (bank president); bank guards; bank tellers; Mr. Harrison (postal service courier); postal service employees

Synopsis

The Joker commits a series of robberies under the guise of producing new "silent film slapstick comedies" for a willing tycoon.

Reprints

• in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #73 ([September 1965])
• 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) #1 ([October] 2006)
• in Batman: The TV Stories (DC, 2013 series) (2013 [March 2014])
• in Tales of the Batman: Carmine Infantino (DC, 2014 series) ([July] 2014)

Keywords

comedians; disguise; filmmaking; robbery; silent films; story-adapted-into-a-TV-show

Indexer Notes

Story in two parts of 9.67 and 5.67 pages.

The Joker impersonates four famous silent movie comedians: the Tramp is Charlie Chaplin, Deadpan is Buster Keaton, Cross-eyes is Ben Turpin, and Specs is Harold Lloyd. His last impersonation is of Harpo Marx who became famous in the sound era, not the silent era, despite the fact that he never uttered a word onscreen.

This story formed the basis for the 1966 Batman TV episodes "Death in Slow Motion" and "The Riddler's False Notion", using The Riddler instead of The Joker.

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G.I. Joe / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Only Showcase Dares to Present the Enemy Side of the War - with "Enemy Ace"! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

DC Comics; Showcase; Enemy Ace / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

The Strange Worlds of Batman and Robin (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

DC Comics; 80 Page Giant; Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

Make Silly Putty Stretch Pictures! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Silly Putty / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[Rowboat Bullwinkle] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Cheerios; Rocky & Bullwinkle / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

For the Very Best in Funny Comics Reading (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

DC Comics; Batman; The Flash / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

10 Issues of Detective for Only $1.00 (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

DC Comics; Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

How to Beat Your Dad at Racing! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

AMT Models / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

Be My Guest at World's Famous Amusement Park (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Elongated Man's Change-of-Face! (Table of Contents: 12)

The Elongated Man / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Sid Greene

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Feature Logo

The Elongated Man

Genre

superhero

Characters

Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Sue Dibny; Amos Hurd; Elongated Man [Editor Abner Trotter]; John Trotter; Morton Brothers

Synopsis

Elongated Man goes the town of Powderkeg and discovers that the local newspaper celebrates another Elongated Man -- with another name and a different face!

Reprints

• in Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 ? series) #6 (October 1965)
• in Faucon Noir (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #5 (novembre 1977) [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.

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40 Army-Navy-Marine Medals & Insignias / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

We Will Give You $5 for ANY 1955 Half Dollar (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Big State Coins / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Batman's Hot-Line / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz

Letters

typeset

Keywords

letters of comment

Indexer Notes

Letters from Dick Ruprecht, Guy H. Lillian III, and Andrew Ice. On final interior page of the comic. Top half of page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

L.C. Leprechaun; Lucky Charms / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

Friend, Dare YOU Risk a DIME 10¢? (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

America's Most Exciting War Game: Task Force (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Task Force / advertisement / 1 page (report information)