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DC Comics   ·   Released Jun 1st, 1963

Batman #156

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THE SECRET OF THE ANT-MAN

Batman is away on a special assignment, and leaves Robin the task of patrolling Gotham City. He befriends a tiny, costumed hero called Ant-Man whom he mistakenly suspects might be Batman. He later discovers that the Ant-Man is actually a mobster named Jumbo Carson and apprehends him.

ROBIN DIES AT DAWN

Batman volunteers to participate in a special military experiment to test the long term effects of isolation on the human psyche. During this experience, Batman suffers a hallucination in which he witnesses Robin being killed on an alien world. The hallucinations persist and Batman is so overwrought that he is incapable of continuing his work. He hands the responsibility of safeguarding Gotham City to Robin. A criminal cartel known as the Gorilla Gang encounter Robin and abduct him. Batman is forced to come out of retirement to rescue him. The mission emboldens Batman's confidence and he stops having hallucinations.

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Creators

Bill Finger
Writer
Bill Finger
Sheldon Moldoff
Penciller
Sheldon Moldoff
Inker
Charles Paris
Gaspar Saladino
Letterer
Gaspar Saladino

Characters

Ace the Bathound
Ace
Ace the Bathound
Earth-One
Alfred Pennyworth
Alfred Pennyworth
Earth-One
Jumbo Carson
Ant-Man
Earth-One
Batman
Bruce Wayne
Batman
Earth-One
Doctor Hurt
Thomas Wayne (1765)
Doctor Hurt
Prime Earth
James Gordon
James Gordon
Earth-One
Robin
Dick Grayson
Robin
Earth-One

Key Events

First Appearance
Thomas Wayne (1765) as Doctor Hurt Prime Earth
First Appearance
Jumbo Carson as Ant-Man Earth-One

Collected In

  • Batman #185
    Batman #185
    Batman Vol. 1 (1940 - 2011)
  • Batman: The Black Casebook TP
    Batman: The Black Casebook TP
    Batman: The Black Casebook
  • Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told Vol. 1
    Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told Vol. 1
    Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told Vol. 1 (1987 - 1988)
  • Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told Vol. 1
    Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told Vol. 1
    Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told Vol. 2 (2005 - 2007)
  • Robin, the Boy Wonder: A Celebration of 75 Years HC
    Robin, the Boy Wonder: A Celebration of 75 Years HC
    Robin, the Boy Wonder: A Celebration of 75 Years (2015)

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