Comic Title: Batman #185
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1966
On Sale Date: August 11, 1966 Newsstand Date August 11, 1966
Source: House Ad, Action Comics #342, Page 30

Copyright Date August 11, 1966
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1966

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of Jan. and April; (semi-monthly, Dec.)
Cover Price: $0.25
Page Count: 80
Editor: Jack Schiff

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Notes:
This issue is labeled 80pg. Giant #G-27.

Title: "The Boy Wonder Confesses"
Pages: 10

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

Writer: David Vern Reed
Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff
Inker: Stan Kaye

Reprinted From:
Batman #81 (1954)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #81; next appearance in Batman #81)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #81; next appearance in Batman #81)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #81; next appearance in Batman #81)
• Alfred Pennyworth (first Earth-1 appearance; last appearance in Batman #110; next appearance in Batman #83)

Villain(s)

• Mr. Camera and his gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Dick Grayson's teacher and classmates (Marcia named; no further appearances)
• Various reporters (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Dick Grayson confesses to his classmates that he is Robin. Then he performs acrobatic stunts to prove it. Reporters confront Bruce Wayne, but he denies his identity as Batman. Bruce offers to give the reporters proof that he is not Batman.

Bruce and Dick are executing a plan to protect their identities because a crook called Mr. Camera got photographic evidence of their dual identities months earlier. The crook is in jail, but one of his henchmen is scheduled to be released soon and will retrieve the film.

To fool the reporters Batman creates a Batman figure made of snow on a rooftop. He then appears as Bruce and using ventriloquism to make the snowman talk. Batman then appears to leave the roof via the Batplane, which is actually controlled by Robin. Bruce melts the snowman, so that when reporters reach the roof everything is gone. The reporters are fooled, so when the film turns up it won't be believed.

A short time later, Batman and Robin recover the film only to learn it was underexposed, so it would not have given away their identities.