Comic Title: Detective Comics #342
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1965
On Sale Date: June 24, 1965 Newsstand Date June 24, 1965
Source: House Ad, Batman #173, Page 31

Copyright Date June 24, 1965
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1965

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "The Bandits and the Baroness"
Pages: 10

Feature(s):
Elongated Man (of Earth-1)

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Inker: Sid Greene

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents the Elongated Man Vol. 1 TPB (2006)

Feature Character(s)

• Elongated Man (last appearance in Detective Comics #341; next appearance in Detective Comics #343)

Supporting Character(s)

• Sue Dibny (last appearance in Detective Comics #341; next appearance in Detective Comics #343)

Villain(s)

• Six members of a criminal gang (all using the name Ralph Dibny; no further appearances)
• Baron and Baroness Dervich (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Ralph Dibny is invited to spend a weekend at a new hotel. When he arrives he meets six other men named Ralph Dibny. Ralph's is intrigued by the mystery and follows an anonymous tip to an address where he might find answers. Instead he finds an empty house and a trap. He easily escapes, then returns to the hotel.

While Ralph is gone, a crime is committed at the hotel. A baroness has her pearls stolen at dinner. The six Ralph Dibny's make a run for it. When the real Ralph sees them flee, he apprehends them. They admit to planning the robbery, but they claim to be innocent of the theft. They only pretended their names were Ralph Dibny to lure the Elongated Man out of town.

Sue spotted the real thief at dinner. She points out that the baroness's water bubbled after the theft. She realizes the pearls were fakes and dissolved in the water. The baroness planned to commit insurance fraud. Ralph apprehends her and her husband with the evidence.