Comic Title: Batman #143
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1961
On Sale Date: August 24, 1961 Copyright Date August 24, 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: "Bat-Hound and the Creature"
Pages: 8

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

Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff
Inker: Charles Paris

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #143; next appearance in Justice League of America #7)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #143; next appearance in Detective Comics #296)
• Ace the Bat-Hound (last appearance in Batman #140; next appearance in Detective Comics #306)

Villain(s)

• Lippy Yates and his gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A giant alien creature (dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Two state troopers (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
While trying to capture the Lippy Yates gang, Batman, Robin, and Ace the Bat-Hound find a giant alien creature fighting some state troopers. Ace defends the creature and allows it to escape. Batman then finds an alien space capsule from which the creature came. Originally it was much smaller, but exposure to Earth’s atmosphere caused it to grow.

The crimefighters try and locate the creature, but are captured by Lippy Yates. Ace’s barking attracts the creature, which frees the captives. Batman and Robin chase Yates across a bridge which Yates causes to collapse. The creature supports the bridge long enough for Batman to cross and catch the crook, but the creature is crushed when the bridge falls on it. Ace mourns the loss of the creature who was his friend.