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Issue Details

Issue #334
Published December 1964
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Julius Schwartz

Cover Details - "The Man Who Stole From Batman!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Reprinted in Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives (DC, 2003 series) #2 (June 2006); in Showcase Presents Batman (DC, 2006 series) #1

1 page public service announcement "Children of Tomorrow!"

Synopsis Article relates how sub-standard conditions affect children in the world and quotes the "UN Declaration Of The Rights Of A Child."
Genre Fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Printed in black-and-white on inside front cover. Credits from a list by Lionel English. Synopsis and notes from Donald Dale Milne on 10 August 2004.

14 page Batman and Robin story "The Man Who Stole from Batman!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mr. Truxton; Mrs. Truxton; The Grasshopper (villain); Outsider (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis A new and unusual villain makes him presence known by stealing from the Batman: his Batmobile, Bat-a-Rang, and Bat-Boat, yet Batman can not figure out WHY he would do such a thing.
Genre Superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff [ghost for Bob Kane]
Inks Joe Giella
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 12-02-07. In the closing panels, we hear from the Outsider for the 1st time via telephone, but we don't see him.
Reprinted in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #254 (January-February 1974); in Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives (DC, 2003 series) #2 (June 2006); in Showcase Presents Batman (DC, 2006 series) #1

Half page filler "Glass-Clues"

Genre fact

8 page Elongated Man story "Battle of the Elongated Weapons!"

Characters Elongated Man [Ralph Dinby]
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Sid Greene
Reprinted in Showcase Presents The Elongated Man (DC, 2006 series) #1

Half page Casey the Cop filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff