Comic Title: Showcase Presents:Batman Vol. 3 TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2008
On Sale Date: July 2, 2008 Direct Market Date July 2, 2008
Source: Previews, #234

Direct Market Date July 2, 2008
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Cover Price: $16.99
Page Count: 528
Editor: Bob Joy

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Fearsome Foot-Fighters"
Pages: 14

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

Writer: John Broome
Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff
Inker: Joe Giella

Reprinted From:
Detective Comics #372 (1968)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #76; next appearance in Batman #200)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (does not appear in costume; last appearance in World's Finest Comics #173; next appearance in Batman #200)
• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #76; next appearance in Detective Comics #373)
• Alfred Pennyworth (last appearance in Detective Comics #370; next appearance in Batman #200)

Villain(s)

• A gang of Karonians (Idimo named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Andrea (Bruce Wayne's female companion; no further appearances)
• Marne Zoldin (a freedom fighter; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Mrs. Zoldin (Zoldin's wife; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Batman is confronted by some strange thefts in which the thief leaves I.O.U. notes in place of the stolen items. Batman follows clues which lead him to a gang of foot fighters from Karonia. The real thief is Marne Zoldin, a Karonian freedom fighter who needed money to fund his attempts to overthrow the dictator of his country. The foot fighters find Zoldin first and kill him. Before dying, Zoldin is able to give Batman a message that leads him to the killers. After defeating them in combat, Batman places the Karonians in police custody, while Zoldin's widow takes up her dead husband's fight to free their country.