Batman Annual #3

In "The Mad Hatter of Gotham City," a grotesque twist of science and vengeance sees the criminal George 'Boss' Dyke—executed and resurrected with his mind in a gorilla’s body—plot an even more shocking scheme: transferring his consciousness into Batman’s skull. Written by David Vern and illustrated by Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz, and Charles Paris, this 1962 annual delivers a delightfully absurd tale of identity, madness, and the limits of the human (or simian) mind. The cover, a collaborative effort by Bob Kane, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Win Mortimer, Dick Sprang, Sheldon Moldoff, and inkers Win Mortimer, Charles Paris, and Stan Kaye, captures the story’s surreal flair in vivid, classic style.