Comic Title: Detective Comics #439
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: Feb/Mar 1974
On Sale Date: November 29, 1973 Newsstand Date November 29, 1973
Source: Comic Reader, #101

Copyright Date November 29, 1973
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1974

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.50
Page Count: 96
Editor: Archie Goodwin

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "Batman's Bewitched Nightmare"
Pages: 15

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

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff
Inker: Joe Giella

Reprinted From:
Detective Comics #336 (1965)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #147; next appearance in Batman #170)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #147; next appearance in Batman #170)

Villain(s)

• Alfred Pennyworth (as the Outsider; as a voice only; last appearance in Detective Comics #334; next appearance in Detective Comics #340)
• Zatanna (disguised as the Witch; last appearance in Hawkman #4; next appearance in Atom #19)
• Four bank robbers (no further appearances)

Comments:
As explained in Justice League of America #51, the Witch from this story is really Zatanna in disguise.

The Outsider impersonates the voice of Commissioner Gordon in this story.

Synopsis:
Batman and Robin are called to the scene of a bank robbery by Commissioner Gordon. The crooks are protected by a witch, who seems to possess magic abilities and flies on a broomstick. The Witch sequentially removes each of the five senses from the Dynamic Duo in an attempt to kill them. Using their wits, Batman and Robin prevail. Robin deduces that the broomstick is the source of the witch's powers. When he takes it from her, Batman is able to defeat the crooks. Later, a voice emanating from the broomstick reveals that the Outsider was responsible for the attack on Batman.