Detective Comics Vol 1 145

"Batman: "Robin, the Boy Failure!"": After an heroic feat, Dick Grayson loses his memory and remembers only the events at Haly's Circus when his parents were killed. Bruce takes him back to Wayne Manor and he tries to make Dick

Batman: "Robin, the Boy Failure!"
Cover
Detective Comics Vol 1 #145
March, 1949
Executive Editor	Whitney Ellsworth
Cover Artists	Win Mortimer Charles Paris Ira Schnapp
Batman: "Robin, the Boy Failure!"
Pencilers	Dick Sprang
Inkers	Charles Paris
Editors	Jack Schiff
Robotman: "The Smash-Up Crimes"
Writers	Otto Binder
Pencilers	Jimmy Thompson
Inkers	Jimmy Thompson
Editors	Jack Schiff
Slam Bradley: "His Highness, King Shorty"
Pencilers	Howard Sherman
Inkers	Howard Sherman
Editors	Jack Schiff
Boy Commandos: "Undercover Gangster"
Pencilers	Carmine Infantino
Inkers	George Klein
Editors	Jack Schiff
Previous Issue	Detective Comics # 144
Next Issue	Detective Comics # 146

Robin? Who's Robin? I'm not Robin! I don't know how to fight crooks!

— Dick Grayson

Detective Comics #145 is an issue of the series Detective Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of March, 1949.

Synopsis for Batman: "Robin, the Boy Failure!"

After an heroic feat, Dick Grayson loses his memory and remembers only the events at Haly's Circus when his parents were killed. Bruce takes him back to Wayne Manor and he tries to make Dick recover his memory by all means necessary. When nothing works, Batman pretends to fall from a building in a similar way the Flying Graysons did in the past and Dick's memory finally comes back.

Appearing in Batman: "Robin, the Boy Failure!"

Featured Characters:

• Batman
• Robin

Supporting Characters:

• Commissioner Gordon

Antagonists:

• The Yellow Mask Mob (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Penguin (On a TV or computer screen)
• Flying Graysons (Flashback only)
  • John Grayson (Flashback only)
  • Mary Grayson (Flashback only)
• Joe Travers (On a TV or computer screen)

Locations:

• Gotham City
  • GCPD Headquarters
  • Wayne Manor
    • Batcave

Items:

• Batrope

Vehicles:

• Batmobile
• Batplane
  

Appearing in Robotman: "The Smash-Up Crimes"

Featured Characters:

• Robotman

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

• Mountain Mike (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Joe Bloe (Single appearance)

Locations:

• Unknown

Items:

• None

Vehicles:

• None
  

Appearing in Slam Bradley: "His Highness, King Shorty"

Featured Characters:

• Slam Bradley

Supporting Characters:

• Shorty Morgan

Antagonists:

• Abdul's Prime Minister (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• King Abdul (Single appearance)

Locations:

Items:

Vehicles:

• 
  

Appearing in Boy Commandos: "Undercover Gangster"

Featured Characters:

• Boy Commandos
  • Andre
  • Brooklyn
  • Tex

Supporting Characters:

• Rip Carter

Antagonists:

• Pat Fall (Single appearance)
• Van Meer (Single appearance)
• Touchy Streeter (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

Locations:

• New York City

Items:

• None

Vehicles:

• None

Notes

• "Robin, the Boy Failure!" is reprinted in Batman Archives Vol 7.

Trivia

• In the Batman story, there are references to the previous stories from Detective Comics #99 and Detective Comics #131.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Detective Comics series
• Images from Detective Comics Vol 1 145

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