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Detective Comics, #349

Published: March 1966

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The Blockbuster Breaks Loose!

Story Featuring Batman

"Only one way to save Batman..."

Characters
Other
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Do You Make Life Hard for Yourself?
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The Blockbuster Breaks Loose!

Story Featuring Batman

"Hate Batman!"

Storyline

After months of living in an underground cavern, Blockbuster re-emerges while Batman and Robin are in the middle of thwarting a robbery. Speaking in the voice of Blockbuster's brother Roland Desmond saves the Batman from certain death. When Batman next encounters Blockbuster, he is knocked out and placed in a coffin by an obscured figure. After a confused Blockbuster turns on the mystery villain, Batman frees himself and knocks out Blockbuster. The mystery villain, however, now revealed as the Outsider, walks away more determined than ever to defeat Batman.

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Other
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Story Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Story in two part of 5.67 and 7.67 pages.

Story Featuring Casey the Cop

"Here sonny, give me your hand. I'll take you across the street."

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Painting a Model Car! Part 1

Story Featuring Cap's Hobby Hints

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The 13 O'Clock Robbery!

Story Featuring The Elongated Man

"Everybody knows that when a man goes fishing --"

Storyline

The Elongated Man and his wife Sue decide to go fishing at Lake Cherokee without knowing that the lake is dry. There, they observe a man fishing in the mud with a magnet who eventually snares a key. The Elongated Man follows the fisherman to the house of Elmer Ewell, where the fisherman knocks out the caretaker before breaking in. Following, Elongated Man hears a clock strike 13 before he is kayoed by the anti-theft system of the house. Awakening in a vault, Elongated Man escapes through the light fixture, tracks the fisherman to his hideout, and recovers the loot stolen from Ewell's home.

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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 Richard Flinchbaugh, Marvin Opotowsky, Gregory Kopko, Max Southall and Henry Goldman.