Comic Title: 80 Page Giant Magazine #12
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: July 1965
On Sale Date: May 6, 1965 Newsstand Date May 6, 1965
Source: House Ad, 80 Page Giant #11, Page 70

Copyright Date May 6, 1965
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1965

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.25
Page Count: 80
Editor: Jack Schiff

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Captive Planet"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff
Inker: Charles Paris

Reprinted From:
Detective Comics #256 (1958)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Action Comics #241; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #95)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #116; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #95)

Villain(s)

• Cafis and some alien criminals (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Jim Rolfe, Harvey Baxter, and Paul Cole (a big-game hunter, a businessman, and an ex-con; no further appearances)
• John and Edith Todd (no further appearances)
• Two alien pilots (no further appearances)
• Beran and the people of Tora (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman and several other passengers are carried to an alien world, Tora. Beran, the leader of the Torans, explains that they were brought to Tora to help fight off some alien invaders. Batman helps free some captives by destroying a machine that holds them helpless. With the people free, the Torans and the Earthlings are able to stop the invaders. Then Batman and Robin return to Earth with the other passengers.