Comic Title: Batman #219
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: February 1970
On Sale Date: December 4, 1969 Newsstand Date December 4, 1969
Source: Comic Reader, #75

Copyright Date December 4, 1969
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1970

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of April and October
Cover Price: $0.15
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "Death Casts the Deciding Vote"
Pages: 15

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

Writer: Frank Robbins
Penciller: Irving H. Novick
Inker: Dick Giordano

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents:Batman Vol. 5 TPB (2012)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #395; next appearance in Batman #219)

Supporting Character(s)

• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Detective Comics #395; next appearance in Brave & the Bold #88)

Villain(s)

• A masked marauder and his gang (hijackers; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Lincoln Webster (a United States senator; no further appearances)
• Governor Putnam (no further appearances)
• The passengers and crew of an airplane (no further appearances)
• Miss Hopkins (Putnam's secretary; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Bruce Wayne meets with Governor Putnam to gain funding for his victims assistance program. The governor introduces Bruce to Senator Lincoln Webster who is trying to pass an anti-crime bill. Webster wants Bruce to join him in Washington.

After Bruce and the Senator board a commuter plane, criminals hijack it. Bruce tries to stop them, but he is overpowered and placed in the storage compartment. He escapes and dons his Batman costume, but the crooks force him to surrender by threatening Webster.

Once back in the storage compartment, Batman manages to free himself again and resumes his Bruce Wayne identity. The criminals are then surprised when Batman turns up missing. They hope to keep Webster prisoner long enough so that his bill is defeated in the senate. However, Bruce is able to surprise the crooks by inflating his Batman costume. This time he is able to overcome the crooks. The pilots then take the plane to Washington, and the senator ensures that the bill is passed.