Batman ! Issue #196 ! Current Market Value of NM 180 Euro ! Silver Age comic from 1967 ! by DC Comics ! Vintage !

Title: Batman

Author(s): Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson, Ira Schnapp

Publisher: DC Comics

Date: 1967

First Printing: YES

Comic Age: Silver Age

Issue: #196


As Batman and Robin patrol Gotham City in the Batmobile, they get a call on the Batphone from Commissioner Gordon. Gordon tells them to go to the Apex Gem Bazaar where a gem robbery has just happened. Gordon further tells the Dynamic Duo that although there are no clues on the scene he anticipates the case being solved very quickly. Puzzled by this claim Batman and Robin rush to the scene to find Commissioner Gordon and another man. Gordon introduces him as Petru Dubrov, a psychic detective visiting Gotham City from Hungary. Although Batman and Robin have their reservations about abandoning proven detective methods for a supposed psychic detective, they decide to go along with Petru when he begins to follow the "psychic auras" of the crooks that robbed the Bazaar.

Dubrov takes them to the apartment of Joey Tolliver, an ex-jewel thief and they find the stolen jewels hidden in a toolbox. Tolliver and his friends try to escape capture, however Batman and Robin knock them out and turn them over to the police. The next evening, Batman spots a milk truck coming out of the Warren mansion. Knowing the Warrens are at the Montreal Expo Batman deduces that the truck must be a cover for something else. Just as they stop the truck the back end opens up and two masked men attempt to flee the scene. Batman and Robin attempt to apprehend them, but the two attempting a getaway were just another ruse so the driver could disable the Batmobile. Unable to chase down the milk truck Batman and Robin are joined by Commissioner Gordon and Petru Dubrov. The Dynamic Duo watch in amazement as Dubrov leads them to the supposed criminals once more. They arrive at an all-night pool hall and arrest a trio of bruised up hipsters who plead innocence. However, a search of their vehicles finds the stolen loot in the trunk and they are arrested.

After the three men are arrested Batman is almost certain that the Petru Dubrov they have been dealing with is nothing more than an impostor. In a private meeting with Commissioner Gordon, they learn that prior to Dubrov's appearance in Gotham City he wrote to Commissioner Gordon telling the Commissioner that he intended to visit a fellow statesman that lives outside Gotham City. Taking the stationary and dusting it with graphite, they find imprints of the letter written to Dubrov's friend and learn the location of Petru's friend.

Traveling there, and searching barn on the property, Batman is attacked by a strong man who throws him off the hayloft to the ground below onto Robin. Robin hears a voice warning of the falling Batman, and forces Batman into a hay bale before he crashes into him. Robin then knocks the man out with a batarang. Searching the barn they find the real Petru Dubrov in bound and gagged in a wooden crate. Dubrov explains that his friend had turned on him in a plot to pose as Dubrov, have some thugs commit robberies and plant some of the loot to frame others for the crimes and make it appear that the impostor had psychic powers.

With the real Dubrov, Batman and Robin capture the fake's accomplices just after they robbed an armored car, and then catch the fake in the act of once more misleading Commissioner Gordon. After the case is over, Robin admits to Dubrov that he was skeptical of ESP powers before but now is convinced that they exist. Dubrov surprises him however by admitting that his psychic ability is only 50% accurate most of the time and that the real reason he was able to help them track down the crooks was because he overheard them talking about what route they would take. He then tells the Dynamic Duo that psychic powers are nothing compared to the 100% accurate detective abilities of Batman and Robin.


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