Detective Comics #329
Detective Comics #329
Cover Credits
Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Inker: Murphy Anderson

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Title: "Castle with Wall-to-Wall Danger"
Pages: 15

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

Writer: John Broome
Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Inker: Joe Giella

Reprinted In:
Batman #235 (1971)
Limited Collectors' Edition C-44 (1976)
Batman:The Dynamic Duo Archives Vol. 1 HC (2003)
Showcase Presents Batman Vol. 1 TPB (2006)
Tales of the Batman:Carmine Infantino HC (2014)

Feature Character(s)

Supporting Character(s)

Villain(s)

  • Pragnel (alias Vincent Maunch; no further appearances)
  • Two henchmen (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

  • Albert Maunch and his family (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman and Robin receive a tip that Pragnel, a wanted criminal, is in England. They fly to England to find Pragnel and extradite him. When they arrive at the castle at which Pragnel was seen, they realize that the castle owner Albert Maunch merely looks similar to the crook. Though their mission seems to have failed, the Dynamic Duo accepts Maunch's invitation to dinner.

While in the castle, several attempts are made to kill Batman and Robin. Soon, they are attacked outright by two thugs and a man in a trenchcoat. When they capture him, the man turns out to be Pragnel, alias Vincent Maunch, Albert's cousin. Pragnel was searching his cousin's castle for hidden Nazi gold and threatened Albert's family to keep him in line. Batman returns to America with Pragnel, and Albert eventually finds the gold.


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