Detective Comics #347 is an issue of the series Detective Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of January, 1966. It was published on November 25, 1965.
Synopsis for Batman: "The Strange Death of Batman!"
Gotham City is terrorized by the crimes of the Bouncer, a crook who Batman and Robin are unable to stop due to the nature of his bouncing powers. However the dynamic duo find a way to stop the Bouncer by freezing his elastic powers long enough for Batman to knock him out.
After this, Batman writer Gardner Fox takes a moment to take a look at an alternate ending to the story in which Batman is instead killed by the Bouncer. In this imaginary version, after mourning the loss of Batman and turning down aid from the Justice League of America to help capture the Bouncer, Robin manages to single-handedly defeat the foe. Afterwards, Robin is met in the Batcave by the Batman and Alfred from Earth-Two who had decided to come and join Robin after hearing of Earth-One Batman's death.
Appearing in Batman: "The Strange Death of Batman!"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Bouncer (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Gardner Fox
- Batman (Earth-Two) (Imaginary)
- Alfred Beagle (Earth-Two) (Imaginary)
- Justice League of America (Imaginary) (Cameo)
- Aquaman (Cameo)
- Atom (Ray Palmer) (Cameo)
- The Flash (Cameo)
- Green Arrow (Cameo)
- Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) (Cameo)
- Hawkman (Carter Hall) (Cameo)
- Superman (Cameo)
- Wonder Woman (Cameo)
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for Elongated Man: "The Man Who Hated Money!"
Appearing in Elongated Man: "The Man Who Hated Money!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- unnamed bandits (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Flip Philips (a disc jockey) (Single appearance)
- Rhoda Marr (actor) (Single appearance)
- August Clemens (actor) (Single appearance)
- Antoine Lemaire (a cafe owner) (Single appearance)
- Hannibal Holiday (an artist) (Single appearance)
Locations:
- Silver City
- Four Corners Town
Items:
- None
Vehicles:
- the Dibny's car
Notes
- "The Strange Death of Batman!" is reprinted in The Strange Deaths of Batman, Showcase Presents: Batman Vol 2, and Tales of the Batman: Carmine Infantino.
- This story was adapted into the Jiro Kuwata Bat-Manga story "The Human Ball".
- Batman's death and the subsequent funeral is an imaginary "What-If?" scenario thought up by Gardner Fox and is not part of the Earth-One canon.
- "The Man Who Hated Money!" is reprinted in Showcase Presents: Elongated Man Vol. 1.
- A "Casey the Cop" humor strip is also found in this issue.
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