Comic Title: Batman #258
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: Sep/Oct 1974
On Sale Date: June 25, 1974 Newsstand Date June 25, 1974
Source: Comic Reader, #107

Copyright Date June 27, 1974
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1974

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

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Guardian of 100 Cities"
Pages: 8

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

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

Reprinted From:
Batman #95 (1955)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #78; next appearance in Batman #95)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #78; next appearance in Batman #95)

Villain(s)

• Shag Darnell and three convicts (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Roger Stanton (a former actor; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman and Robin follow four escaped convicts including Shag Darnell to a movie storage lot. They tell the watchman to call for police, but instead the watchman interferes with their pursuit. The man is Roger Stanton, a former actor who has turned his back on the world. He doesn't want a police battle to ruin his little world filling with movie props.

Batman pursues the crooks anyway. When they knock over a large statue, Batman risks himself to save Stanton. Batman and Robin are captured by the crooks. Stanton knocks out Darnell and frees Batman. After the crooks are rounded up, Stanton explains that Batman has given him a new outlook on life.