World's Finest Comics #184
In "Robin's Revenge!", a decade after the Automator's fatal strike, a vengeful Robin tracks a new criminal, Golden Gloves, whose tech echoes the killer's methods. With Superman's help, Robin uncovers a shocking truth: Golden Gloves is actually a brainwashed Batman, secretly teleported away years earlier. Written by Cary Bates and illustrated by Curt Swan with inks by Jack Abel, this pivotal issue features a cover by Curt Swan and Mike Esposito.
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After the Automator kills the Batman, Robin devotes the next ten years of his life to hunting down the killer. When the thief dubbed Golden Gloves starts operating using technology strikingly similar to the Automator's, Superman and Robin investigate and discover that Golden Gloves isn't the Automator, but a brainwashed Batman, who was actually teleported away ten years ago by the Automator, whom they finally bring to justice.
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