Comic Title: Batman #178
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: February 1966
On Sale Date: December 2, 1965 Copyright Date December 2, 1965
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1965

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of Jan., April & Oct.; (semi-monthly, Dec.)
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "Raid of the Rocketeers"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Robert Kanigher
Penciller: Sheldon Moldoff
Inker: Joe Giella

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents:Batman Vol. 2 TPB (2007)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #347; next appearance in Batman #178)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #347; next appearance in Batman #178)

Villain(s)

• The Rocketeers (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Professor Hank Nelson (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson attend the launching of two experimental missiles. When the missiles disappear from radar and don't respond to an abort switch, the experiment is considered a failure. Worried that the missing rockets may pose a threat, a third rocket is fired the following day. Batman and Robin follow the rocket and watch as it is intercepted by a strange beam.

Batman and Robin investigate the source of the beam. They encounter a group of jet-propelled men called the Rocketeers who have stolen the rockets. Batman and Robin are captured and placed into one of the rockets. When Gotham City refuses to give in to an extortion attempt, the rocket is fired at the city with a warhead and Batman aboard.

Batman and Robin break free of the rocket in mid-flight and manage to destroy it. They parachute to safety, battling Rocketeers one the way to the ground. After the crooks have been rounded up, another missile test is conducted resulting in success.