Dates
- Cover date
- May 1959
- On sale
- March 24, 1959
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Batman Meets Bat-Mite · 11.67 pages
Preparing to go off on patrol, Batman and Robin find the Bat-Cave disturbed and meet Bat-Mite, an admirer of Batman's from another dimension. Bat-Mite wants to join Batman and Robin in their fight against crime, but Batman politely convinces Bat-Mite that that won't work. Instead, Bat-Mite tries to make Batman and Robin's exploits a little more entertaining, a little more "fun." In the end, Batman finds a way to make Bat-Mite useful, which lets the imp know it's time to go home.
- The Mystery of the Magic Sea! · 5.67 pages
A legend warns that if a person swims too deep in the underground sea, he'll turn into a fish. Roy Raymond films the attempts of two citizens to disprove the legend for Impossible but True, but in both cases, a strange underwater cloud covers them. They disappear, and a fish appears in their place. Noticing a whale amongst all other ocean life, Roy decides to give it a try. Though Roy disappears and a fish appears in his place, he has actually gone inside the whale and found the men behind the scam. The legend was a ploy to scare people away from the lake bed, which is covered with treasure.
- Alibi by Telephone · 1 pages
- John Jones' Farewell to Earth · 6.67 pages
Jovians come to Earth searching for a criminal but they need Manhunter's help because their weakness is water and it's raining. Jones agrees to help them in exchange for a ride home.
Reprinted in
Batman (1940), World's Finest Comics (1941), The Hundred Comic Monthly (1956), Colossal Comic (1958), Batman Annual (1961), Batman in the Fifties (2002), Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (2007), DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (2009), Batman: The Black Casebook (2009), World's Funnest (2016), Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman (2019), Batman in the Fifties (2021)