Comic Title: Batman #217
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1969
On Sale Date: October 21, 1969 Copyright Date October 21, 1969
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1969

Newsstand Date October 21, 1969
Source: Comic Reader, #75

Newsstand Date October 21, 1969
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V24 #9

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

Title: "One Bullet Too Many"
Pages: 23

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

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

Reprinted In:
Batman from the 30s to the 70s HC (1972)
Batman in the Sixties TPB (1999)
Showcase Presents:Robin the Boy Wonder Vol. 1 TPB (2008)
Showcase Presents:Batman Vol. 5 TPB (2012)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #393; next appearance in Detective Comics #394)

Supporting Character(s)

• Dick Grayson (last appearance in Detective Comics #393; next appearance in Detective Comics #394)
• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Detective Comics #393; next appearance in Detective Comics #394)

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.