Comic Title: Showcase Presents Batman Vol. 1 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2006
On Sale Date: August 30, 2006 Direct Market Date August 30, 2006
Source: Previews, Vol. 16 #6 (#210)

Direct Market Date August 30, 2006
Source: Usenet, New Releases List for Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Cover Price: $16.99
Page Count: 552
Editor: Emily Ryan Lerner

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Midnight Raid of the Robin Gang"
Pages: 14

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

Writer: John Broome
Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff
Inker: Joe Giella

Reprinted From:
Detective Comics #342 (1965)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #151; next appearance in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #59)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #151; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #60)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #173; next appearance in Batman #174)

Villain(s)

• Al Craig and the Robin Gang (Tom Willard named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• The Human Bear and Golden Inca (wrestlers; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Dick Grayson visits his classmate Tom Willard, who has not been attending school. He finds a Robin costume in a shed behind Tom's house. When he finds Tom, he pretends that he wants to drop out of school too. Tom brings Dick to the office of Al Craig, who heads a gang of drop-out juveniles. The boys all wear Robin outfits and are ordered to commit crimes.

While Dick pursues the boys as Robin, Batman catches one of them in a robbery. The boy escapes when the real Robin happens to cross paths with Batman. Robin's vision fails him, allowing the boys to escape. However, Robin leads Batman to Craig's hide-out, where the gang boss is apprehended.

Robin then visits a doctor to have his eyes checked. The doctor explains that a blow to the head was causing blurred vision. He prescribed eyedrops and rest, believing Robin's normal vision will return soon.