Comic Title: Batman #143
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1961
On Sale Date: August 24, 1961 Copyright Date August 24, 1961
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1961

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of Jan., May, July, and Nov.
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Twice-Told Tale of Batman and Robin"
Pages: 8

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

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

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #295; next appearance in Batman #143)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #295; next appearance in Batman #143)

Villain(s)

• Nitro Joe and his henchman (no further appearances)
• Nidor and a giant (imaginary appearance)

Other Character(s)

• An informant (no further appearances)
• A genie (imaginary appearance)
• A story-teller and some children (imaginary appearance)

Synopsis:
Batman and Robin locate an informant and force him to give up the location of Nitro Joe, a crook who robbed a jewel company. They approach Joe’s hide-out and take on his henchman, who is very large. Then they take out Joe himself, recovering the jewels.

Robin fantasizes how the story might be told in the future. In his imagination, the informant is a tiny genie who transforms into a snake. The crook’s hideout is atop a glass mountain and guarded by a giant ogre. The crook, called Nidor, is a wizard who summons beasts to attack the Dynamic Duo, but as in real life, he is overcome by Batman.