Batman Logo 'The Devil's Fingers'
Story Code '9721-Part 1

by Lorenzo Semple
Batman Cast

Holy Tickling the Ivories! Unknown to the world, the famous concert pianist Chandell leads a double life as the nefarious crook, Fingers. He plans to kill millionaire Bruce Wayne and his ward, Richard Grayson, and then marry Aunt Harriet Cooper, the sole surviving heir to the Wayne Fortune; this will enable him to pay off his evil twin brother, Harry, who is blackmailing him with the information that he used a piano-player during the White House concert that made him famous, after having hurt his fingers in the piano lid. First, Chandell diverts suspicion from himself by instructing his female assistants, Doe, Rae, and Mimi, to turn up at Wayne Manor and render everyone, including himself, unconscious with their high-pitched bagpipes, and then to pillage the place. Then, while Bruce and Dick are away on vacation, Chandell and Harry plot to send the girls to loot the Burma Import Company; Chandell has the perfect alibi, having been booked to give a live concert that evening. During his performance, the pianist signals the girls by striking an incorrect note; however, Bruce Wayne, listening in on his portable radio, becomes suspicious, and so he and his trusty chum race back to Gotham to investigate as Batman and Robin…

Adam West (Bruce Wayne / Batman), Burt Ward (Dick Grayson / Robin), Alan Napier (Alfred Pennyworth), Madge Blake (Aunt Harriet Cooper), James Hamilton (Police Commissioner Gordon), Stafford Repp (Police Chief O’Hara), William Dozier (Narrator), Liberace (Chandell / Fingers / Harry), Marilyn Hanold (Doe), Edy Williams (Rae), Sivi Alberg (Mimi), James Millhoullin (Alfred Slye), Diane Farrell (Sally), Jack Perkins (Piano Mover [Henchman])

Directed by Larry Peerce
Produced by Howie Horwitz
Executive Producer William Dozier
Batman Created by Bob Kane


TX (US):
26th October 1966

Bat-Notes:
*Featuring Bruce Wayne (a.k.a. Batman), Dick Grayson (a.k.a. Robin), Alfred Pennyworth, Aunt Harriet Cooper, Police Commissioner Gordon and Police Chief O’Hara