Comic Title: Detective Comics #305
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: July 1962
On Sale Date: May 24, 1962 Newsstand Date May 24, 1962
Source: House Ad, Rip Hunter... Time Master #9, Page 30

Copyright Date May 24, 1962
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1962

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "Targets of the Alien Z-Ray"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff
Inker: Charles Paris

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Justice League of America #12; next appearance in Batman #149)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #304; next appearance in Batman #149)

Villain(s)

• Knuckles Boland and Rusty (bank robbers; no further appearances)
• Two giant alien creatures (die in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Two aliens (Goga named; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman and Robin trail two bank robbers into Heather Woods, when a giant alien creature begins to attack. Batman is unable to stop the creature, but an alien man uses a strange weapon on it, that kills it after a short delay.

After the first creature dies, another appears. The alien spaceman uses the weapon on it, and it too dies. Batman follows the alien, but the spaceman uses the weapon on the Dynamic Duo. The alien was forced to do so by the bank robbers who have stolen a vital part of their spacecraft. Batman and Robin appear to die, but they are only faking to catch the crooks off guard. The alien altered the weapon to save them. With the villains captured, the aliens retrieve the stolen part and return home.