Comic Title: Detective Comics #362
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: April 1967
On Sale Date: February 28, 1967 Newsstand Date February 28, 1967
Source: Direct Currents, Superboy #137, Page 29

Copyright Date February 28, 1967
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1967

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "The Night Batman Destroyed Gotham City"
Pages: 14

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-1)

Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff
Inker: Joe Giella

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents:Batman Vol. 3 TPB (2008)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #71; next appearance in Batman #191)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #361; next appearance in Batman #191)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Detective Comics #361; next appearance in Batman #191)

Villain(s)

• Riddler (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #68; next appearance in Detective Comics #364)
• The Enigmen (no further appearances)
• A group of unnamed thieves (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Angelo (a scholarship winner; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The Riddler returns to Gotham and begins leaving riddles for Robin. The Dynamic Duo solve his second riddle correctly after detecting a pattern. Riddler barely makes his escape, but he has Batman set up for a death trap.

Riddler sends another riddle to Robin via police headquarters. Using the same pattern as before, Batman deduces that the Little Gotham City Bank is the target. However, he realizes that the Riddler must have another angle.

Batman correctly determines the real bank which the Riddler has targeted. Riddler is caught, but he admits to leaving a bomb in the Little Gotham City Bank. Batman races back to the other bank and defuses the bomb, which is hidden inside a scale model of Gotham, before it explodes.