Comic Title: Batman #212
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: June 1969
On Sale Date: April 17, 1969 Copyright Date April 17, 1969
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1969

Newsstand Date April 17, 1969
Source: Comic Reader, #72

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of April and October
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "Baffling Deaths of the Crime-Czar"
Pages: 23

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Frank Robbins
Penciller: Irving H. Novick
Inker: Joe Giella

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents:Batman Vol. 4 TPB (2009)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #387; next appearance in Brave & the Bold #84)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #387; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #185)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Detective Comics #387; next appearance in Detective Comics #389)

Villain(s)

• The Silencer, the Dart, and Big Jolt (assassins; no further appearances)
• Quirk and his men (members of an underworld crime syndicate; no further appearances)
• Two unnamed thieves (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Li'l Studs (a crime boss; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Dr. Jennings (no further appearances)
• Dustin (spokesman at an award's dinner; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman and Robin seek to protect a Gotham City crime kingpin Li'l Studs who has recently been released from the hospital. Quirk, a lieutenant of Studs hires three assassins to kill his boss. However, a power outage at the hospital causes an experimental pacemaker in Studs to fail, causing his death.

Since Studs died of natural causes, Quirk refuses to pay the assassins. They decide to go after Batman to earn their pay. Batman outwits the killers and gains evidence that Quirk hired them.