Detective Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of January, 1976.
Synopsis for "Heart of a Vampire"
Alfred and Bruce are miles outside of town when their car mysteriously overheats. They go to a nearby boarded-up house to find some water for the radiator. Inside they discover a coffin and a very old sunlamp which Bruce accidently breaks. They split up to search when vampire Gustav Decobra exits the coffin and attacks Bruce who changes to Batman. Batman puts a wooden beam through Gustav's chest but finds that his heart is not where it should be. Batman and Alfred hide in the attic while Batman tells Alfred about Gustav who used to be a doctor who believed that hearts could be transplanted. Batman realizes that he may have surgically moved his heart elsewhere in his body. To find it, Batman decides he will fight Gustav vigorously and listen for his rapid heartbeat. Meanwhile Gustav summons bats to attack them in the attic while he bursts through the door. He heads for Alfred but Batman attacks him. The two fight vigorously but Batman cannot feel a heartbeat. The nearby grandfather clock, however, gets louder as the fight progresses. Batman grabs a wooden bow and arrow and shoots the clock where Gustav had transplanted his heart. Gustav dies and Batman and Alfred leave.
Appearing in "Heart of a Vampire"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Gustav Decobra (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
Locations:
- Unnamed house miles outside of Gotham City
Items:
- None
Vehicles:
- Bruce Wayne's Car
Synopsis for "Battle of the Backfiring Weapons"
Hawkman and Hawkgirl discuss their recent encounters with Chester McCann who seems to have the superpower of triggering fantastic escapes. Hawkman develops a plan. Meanwhile Chester, too, has realized his powers and decides just to begin robbing. The next day he goes to an art museum and, in front of the armed guards, smashes a display of jewelry. The guards pull their guns but Chester's powers cause the guns to explode. Hawkman and Hawkgirl arrive. Hawkgirl takes the two brass shields, now polished, and reflect the sunlight into Chester's eyes keeping him blinded. Chester enlarges his ears so he can move by sound when Hawkman uses his bullroarer which overloads Chester's now sensitive hearing. They take Chester to their lab, have him ingest some unnamed potion and discover that Chester is possessed by the mind of his 47th century ancestor who used his science to give Chester his powers so his presence would not alter his own history. He leaves Chester and returns to his own time where he learns that Chester's resulting prison sentence led him to a life of scientific study creating the future M'Kan now lives in.
Appearing in "Battle of the Backfiring Weapons"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Chester McCann (Final appearance)
Other Characters:
- Professor M'Kan (Single appearance)
Locations:
- Midway City
- Midway City Museum
- McCann's residence
- Midway Art Museum
- Unnamed Location in the 47th Century
Items:
- Brass Shields
- Bullroarer
- Nth Metal Wings
- Anti-Gravity Belt
- Unnamed Thanagarian Potion
Vehicles:
- None
Notes
- Hawkwoman is refered to as Hawkgirl throughout this issue.
Trivia
- According to the caption, Batman's story takes place during Indian Summer.
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See Also
Recommended Reading
- Batman Recommended Reading
- Batman (Volume 1)
- Batman (Volume 2)
- Batman (Volume 3)
- Batman and Robin (Volume 1)
- Batman and Robin (Volume 2)
- Batman and Robin (Volume 3)
- Batman Confidential (Volume 1)
- Batman: Gotham Knights (Volume 1)
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (Volume 1)
- Batman: Shadow of the Bat (Volume 1)
- Batman: Streets of Gotham (Volume 1)
- Batman Incorporated (Volume 1)
- Batman Incorporated (Volume 2)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 1)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 2)
- Batman/Superman: World's Finest (Volume 1)
- Batman: The Dark Knight (Volume 1)
- Batman: The Dark Knight (Volume 2)
- The Brave and the Bold (Volume 1)
- Detective Comics (Volume 1)
- Detective Comics (Volume 2)
- Superman/Batman (Volume 1)
- World's Finest (Volume 1)
- Hawkman Recommended Reading
- Action Comics (Volume 1)
- The Atom (Volume 1): The Atom and Hawkman #39– #46
- Brightest Day
- Convergence: Hawkman
- Detective Comics (Volume 1)
- Hawkgirl (Volume 1)
- Hawkgirl (Volume 2)
- Hawkman (Volume 1)
- Hawkman (Volume 2)
- Hawkman (Volume 3)
- Hawkman (Volume 4)
- Hawkman (Volume 5)
- Hawkworld (Volume 1)
- Hawkworld (Volume 2)
- JSA (Volume 1)
- Justice League of America (Volume 1)
- Justice League of America (Volume 3)
- Mystery in Space (Volume 1): Mystery in Space #87– #91
- The Savage Hawkman
- Shadow War of Hawkman
- World's Finest (Volume 1)
Links and References
- Detective Comics series index at Comicbookdb.com
- Detective Comics series index at the Grand Comics Database
- Detective Comics series index at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
- Detective Comics series index at Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics