Batman Annual #1
In "How to Be the Batman!", Batman and Robin are whisked back 300 years by Professor Nicholls, landing in a frontier world where they meet Jeremy Coe, a daring spy with ties to the Red Indians. With the help of Colonial-era versions of their gadgets and a hidden cavern that will one day become the Bat-Cave, the Dynamic Duo team up to outwit a band of outlaws. Written by Bill Finger and illustrated by Sheldon Moldoff, with inks by Charles Paris, this 1961 annual features a cover by Curt Swan, Sheldon Moldoff, and Dick Sprang.
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Professor Nicholls sends the Dynamic Duo back in time 300 years, there they meet Jeremy Coe, a frontiersman spy who doubles as a Red Indian. When they realize that Coe's headquarters is in the cavern that will one day become the Bat-Cave, they help him with Colonial Age versions of their crime fighting apparatus.
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