Comic Title: Batman #117
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1958
On Sale Date: June 5, 1958 Copyright Date June 5, 1958
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1958


Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of January, May, July, and November
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Mystery of the Batman Bus"
Pages: 8

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

Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff
Inker: Charles Paris

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #257; next appearance in Batman #117)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #257; next appearance in Batman #117)

Villain(s)

• Bennet Carson (head of a citizens' committee; no further appearances)
• The Red Gloves Gang (no further appearances)
• Joker (appears in flashback; last appearance in Batman #110; next appearance in Batman #123)
• The Harbor Pirates (appear in flashback; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman and Robin rescue Bennet Carson from the Red Gloves Gang. Carson is head of a citizen's committee investigating the gang. During the fight Carson gets amnesia. He remembers that he was on the Batman Tour Bus and had discovered something important, but he can't recall the details. Carson gets back on the bus and takes the tour again to jog his memory. The gang attacks him again, but Batman is nearby to protect him.

The sight-seeing tour works. Carson recalls that he was the head of the gang. He had double-crossed them on the last job. Carson turns on Batman and traps him in a hot-air balloon. The gang returns again and fights Carson. Batman escapes the balloon, then he apprehends both Carson and the gang.