Comic Title: Detective Comics #288
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: February 1961
On Sale Date: December 27, 1960 Copyright Date December 27, 1960
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1961

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Circulation: 314000
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Menace of the Multiple Creature"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff
Inker: Charles Paris

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Justice League of America #3; next appearance in Batman #138)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #115; next appearance in Batman #138)

Villain(s)

• The Multiple Creature (no further appearances)
• Stokes and his gang (bank robbers; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A former movie star (no further appearances)
• Mr. Stamm and Miss Todd (a city clerk and a secretary; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A lightning bolt strikes some chemical waste creating a strange monster. Batman and Robin chase the monster, but each time the monster is struck it adapts and transforms into another menace. While trying to defeat the monster, Batman helps a former movie star regain his confidence, he foils a group of bank robbers, and he gives a city clerk a chance to be a leader. Eventually, Batman is able to defeat the monster with an electric shock which reverts the monster back into the chemical form from which it began.