Title: "One Bullet Too Many"
Pages: 22
Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-1)
Writer: Frank Robbins
Penciller: Irving H. Novick
Inker: Dick Giordano
Reprinted From:
Batman #217 (1969)
Feature Character(s)
Supporting Character(s)
Villain(s)
- Hop Miller (dies in flashback; no further appearances)
- Stub Sartel (no further appearances)
Other Character(s)
- Dr. Susan Fielding (a pediatrician; no further appearances)
- Dr. Jonah Fielding (dies in flashback; no further appearances)
- Dakota Jones (not named in this story; next appearance in Detective Comics #394)
- Miss Atkins (not named in this story; mostly behind the scenes; next appearance in Detective Comics #394)
Comments:
Dick Grayson moves to Hudson University in this story.
Batman moves his operations to the penthouse in the Wayne Foundation building.
This story is continued in part from the first story of Detective Comics #393 and continues in part in the first story of Detective Comics #394.
Synopsis:
When Dick Grayson leaves Wayne Manor to go to college, Bruce Wayne decides to move to the penthouse at the Wayne Foundation. He finances a new program to aid the victims of violent crimes. His first case involves Dr. Susan Fielding, who lost her husband in a shooting. Bruce offers to help fund her pediatric clinic and promises to have Batman help solve the murder.
Batman sets a trap for the killer by having Fielding claim that she witnessed the murder. When the killer returns to kill her, Batman is waiting for him. Although the killer escapes, and Batman is shot, the bullet provides a clue to the killer's identity. Batman deduces that Stub Sartel is responsible, and the killer is caught.