Comic Title: Batman #256
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: May/Jun 1974
On Sale Date: February 28, 1974 Newsstand Date February 28, 1974
Source: Comic Reader, #103

Copyright Date February 28, 1974
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1974

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.60
Page Count: 96
Circulation: 200574
Editor: Julius Schwartz

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Thousand and One Trophies of Batman"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Edmond Hamilton
Penciller: Bob Kane
Inker: Charles Paris

Reprinted From:
Detective Comics #158 (1950)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Batman #58; next appearance in Detective Comics #159)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Batman #58; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #104)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #103; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #104)

Villain(s)

• Dr. Doom (a smuggler; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Police apprehend suspected smuggler Dr. Doom at the harbor. Batman locates stolen jewels hidden inside Doom's artifacts. Rather than allow himself to be captured, Doom jumps into the water and fails to surface. He is presumed dead, but the crook is able to breathe through a concealing air tube.

When Batman and the police relax their guard, Dr. Doom returns to the surface and hides inside a sarcophogus. Batman takes the coffin back to the Bat-Cave as a trophy. Later, Dr. Doom exits the coffin, but is unable to escape the locked trophy room. Instead, he sets up the other trophies as death traps for Batman.

When an alarm in the Bat-Cave sounds, Batman and Robin rush to the trophy room, but Dr. Doom remains hidden. They manage to avoid the death traps and corner the smuggler. Doom throws a grenade at them and takes cover in the coffin. Batman survives the blast, but is unable to get Dr. Doom out of the coffin before his air runs out.