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DC Comics   ·   Released Sep 3rd, 1970

Batman #226

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THE MAN WITH TEN EYES!

A security guard tries to stop a gang of thieves from taking valuable furs from a heavily closed vault, but he is easily outnumbered by the thugs. The crooks prepare a large amount of explosives to destroy the vault and they lit the fuse that will explode the door. Batman arrives moments before the explosion, but he is confronted by the security guard, who mistakes Batman for a criminal and starts fighting him. They struggle for too long and the explosives blow up near them, blinding the guard and knocking Batman unconscious.  The crooks take the furs and their leader carries the security guard Reardon, to an ophthalmologist, who can help Reardon recover his sight by having his optic nerves connected to the tips of his fingers, giving him ten "eyes" to see with. Accordingly, the Ten-Eyed Man goes after revenge on the man he blames for his blindness--Batman.  Meanwhile, Batman's vision is also slightly affected and he is forced to use black contacts in order to restore his sight. Batman installs a camera in his cowl that will project the images back to a monitor in the Wayne Foundation laboratory, where Alfred keeps an eye on to guide Batman through a microphone. As Batman is confronted by the Ten-Eyed Man, Alfred helps Batman avoid some of the incoming attacks. During the struggle, the black contacts slip out of Batman's eyes and he has to fight a man with a serious advantage over him. When Batman finally realizes that Reardon can see with his hands, he uses this knowledge to incapacitate his hands using his cape and Batman manages to knock the villain unconscious. Batman decides to contact the doctor responsible for giving Reardon his ability, but by the time they get to the place Batman left Reardon, the villain is already gone. Batman is concerned as he realizes that a serious threat to Gotham is on the loose.

THE CASE OF THE GIGANTIC GAMBLE!

This story is reprinted from Gang Busters #37.

Format
Comic
Page Count
36 pages
Cover Price
$0.15
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Creators

Frank Robbins
Writer
Frank Robbins
Irv Novick
Penciller
Irv Novick
Will Ely
Artist
Will Ely
Dick Giordano
Inker
Dick Giordano
John Costanza
Letterer
John Costanza
Letterer
Pat Gordon
Neal Adams
Cover Artist
Neal Adams
Julius Schwartz
Editor
Julius Schwartz
Gaspar Saladino
Other
Gaspar Saladino

Main Characters

Batman
Bruce Wayne
Batman
Prime Earth
Philip Reardon
Ten-Eyed Man
Earth-One

Supporting Characters

Alfred Pennyworth
Alfred Pennyworth
Earth-One

Key Events

First Appearance
Philip Reardon as Ten-Eyed Man Earth-One

Collects/Reprints 1 Issues

  • Gang Busters #37
    Gang Busters #37
    Gang Busters (1947 - 1958)

Collected In

  • Batman by Neal Adams Omnibus HC
    Batman by Neal Adams Omnibus HC
    Batman by Neal Adams (2016 - 2020)
  • Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams HC vol. 02
    Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams HC vol. 02
    Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams (2003 - 2006)
  • Showcase Presents: Batman Vol. 5 TP
    Showcase Presents: Batman Vol. 5 TP
    Showcase Presents: Batman

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