Comic Title: Batman #142
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 1961
On Sale Date: July 13, 1961 Copyright Date July 13, 1961
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1961

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

Title: "The Crimes of the Ancient Mariner"
Pages: 8

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

Artist: Sheldon Moldoff

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #142; next appearance in Batman #142)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #142; next appearance in Batman #142)

Villain(s)

• Tom Travis (manager of a boarding house; disguised as the Ancient Mariner; no further appearances)
• Travis's henchmen (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mr. Stubbs and Davy Jones (a retired sea-captian and his pet albatross; no further appearances)
• Mr. Dutton (head of the Dutton Shipyards; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman and Robin break up a fight on the waterfront involving Mr. Stubbs, an old retired seaman, who is nicknamed the Ancient Mariner. Tom Travis, the manager of a boarding house where Stubbs lives, explains that Stubbs has a grudge against the Dutton Shipyards because they laid him off.

That evening Stubbs and a group of criminals rob the company of its payroll. Batman tries to stop them, but he is attacked by Stubbs’ pet albatross. After another unsuccesful attempt to stop the Ancient Mariner, Batman uses fish to lure the albatross away from his owner, and stop the crook. The Ancient Mariner however is not Stubbs, it is Travis, who disguised himself as the old man in order to escape prosecution.