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Detective Comics, #342

Published: August 1965

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Issue Contents:
The Midnight Raid of the Robin Gang!

Story Featuring Batman and Robin

Credits
Summer at Home Can Be Fun!
Credits
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

The Midnight Raid of the Robin Gang!

Story Featuring Batman and Robin

Storyline

Dick tries to talk one of his friends out of dropping out of school and stumbles into a crime spree, masterminded by Al Craig. Craig plans to use drop-outs, dressed as Robin, to commit burglaries all over Gotham at midnight.

Credits
Story Notes

Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff. Pages 10 and 14 of story are each 0.67 page art, 0.33 ads.

Types of Soil Bacteria

Story Featuring Scienti-Fact

"It has been estimated that every gram of the Earth's soil..."

Story Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 11 of the previous story sequence.

The Bandits and the Baroness!

Story Featuring The Elongated Man

Credits
Story Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Letter Column Featuring Batman's Hot-Line

Story Notes

Letters of comment from Frank Tower, Guy H. Lillian III, Ben Creisler, and Joel Pollack.

Ad Featuring Wallace Brown Greeting Cards

"Boys, girls, men, women..."

Story Notes

Back cover.

Ad Featuring Junior Sales Club of America Cards

"Nationally famous prizes at no cost to you!"

Story Notes

Inside back cover.

"10 issues of Detective for only $1.00"

The Cuckoo Bird Yuks It Up!

Ad Featuring Cocoa Puffs , Ad Featuring Cuckoo Bird

"For the very best in comics reading"

Ad Featuring Tootsie [all other candies]

"Fooey! Fooey! Chewy!"

Story Notes

On the page between page 8 and page 9 of the previous story sequence.

Story Featuring Jimmy Olsen

"We screened hundreds of Olsen adventures!"

Story Notes

On the page between page 8 and page 9 of the previous story sequence.

Story Featuring G.I. Joe

"Join the fun with G.I. Joe!"

Story Notes

On the page between page 2 and page 3 of the previous story sequence.

Story Featuring Rocky & Bullwinkle , Ad Featuring Cheerios

"Are Cheerios your favorite cereal, Bullwinkle?"

Ad Featuring Tootsie [all other candies]

"What do you have when you cut a Tootsie Pop in half?"

How's Trix?

Ad Featuring Trix , Ad Featuring Trix Rabbit

Story Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 11 of the previous story sequence.

Ad Featuring Palisades Amusement Park Admission

"Be my guest at world's famous amusement park"

Story Notes

On the page immediately following page 10 of the previous story sequence.

How to Build Prrrrfect Models

Ad Featuring The Kat from AMT

Story Notes

On the page immediately following page 10 of the previous story sequence.

Ad Featuring Tootsie [all other candies]

"Put your nose to the dot"

Story Notes

At the bottom of page 10 of the previous story sequence.

Flight of the P-26

Ad Featuring Wen-Mac Gas-Powered Models

Story Notes

On the page between page 4 and page 5 of the previous story sequence.