Comic Title: Detective Comics #116
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1946
Approx. On Sale Date: August 21, 1946 Copyright Date August 19, 1946
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1946-1947
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.


Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Rescue of Robin Hood"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-2)

Writer: Don Cameron
Artist: J. Winslow Mortimer

Reprinted In:
Batman Archives Vol. 5 HC (2001)
Batman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 5 HC (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #37; next appearance in Detective Comics #117)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #37; next appearance in Detective Comics #117)
• Carter Nichols (last appearance in Batman #36; next appearance in Batman #38)

Villain(s)

• The Sheriff of Nottingham (last appearance in More Fun Comics #82; no further appearances)
• The sheriff's soldiers (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Robin Hood (last appearance in Comic Cavalcade #11; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #40)
• Friar Tuck (last appearance in More Fun Comics #82; next appearance in Wonder Woman #82)
• Little John (last appearance in Comic Cavalcade #11; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #40)
• Maid Marion (last appearance in Comic Cavalcade #11; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman and Robin are sent to the past by Professor Carter Nichols using hypnotism. They arrive in Sherwood Forest and help Robin Hood battle the tyrany of the Sheriff of Nottingham and King John. Batman and Robin Hood are taken prisoner during an archery contest. Batman uses his utility belt items to help them escape the dungeon. They then open the gates, allowing Robin Hood's men to storm the castle and defeat the sheriff.