Comic Title: Showcase Presents Batman Vol. 1 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2006
On Sale Date: August 30, 2006 Direct Market Date August 30, 2006
Source: Previews, Vol. 16 #6 (#210)

Direct Market Date August 30, 2006
Source: Usenet, New Releases List for Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Cover Price: $16.99
Page Count: 552
Editor: Emily Ryan Lerner

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Two-Way Gem Caper"
Pages: 14

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

Writer: France E. Herron
Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff
Inker: Joe Giella

Reprinted From:
Batman #164 (1964)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #327; next appearance in Batman #164)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #327; next appearance in Batman #164)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #163; next appearance in Batman #164)

Villain(s)

• Dabblo and an accomplice (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• The Hootenanny Hotshots (folks singers; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story introduces several new elements to the "New Look" Batman. Batman has redesigned the Bat-Cave with an automatic elevator leading to Wayne Manor. The Batmobile has also been redesigned into a sports car. The Bat-Cave exit is no longer a barn, it is now a hidden door on a hillside and leads to the highway.

Batman also uses a Hot-Line phone which links the Batmobile (later the Bat-Cave too) to Commissioner Gordon's office. Gordon's physical appearance also looks younger and slimmer than prior appearances.

Synopsis:
After showing Dick Grayson the new modifications to the Bat-Cave and Batmobile, Batman discovers a criminal plot to divert a group of folk singers from reaching their destination. The singers are diverted by a man named Dabblo who has planned a robbery for the same time the singers were to perform. By delaying their arrival, Dabblo prevents a crowd from forming which would hinder his escape.

Dabblo pulls off the robbery of a valuable pearl successfully. Batman and Robin follow his trail across the rooftops. Dabblo has a trap planned for Batman, but the Caped Crusaders avoids it. Batman then captures Dabblo and returns the pearl to the museum.