'The Joker's Epitaph' Story Code '9747-Part 2' by Lorenzo Semple Jr. Story by Peter Rabe

Holy Panelology! The Joker has tied Robin to a giant printing press used to produce comic books. But just as the villain is about to force Bruce Wayne to pull the lever that will activate the machinery, thereby making the Boy Wonder a permanent part of a printed page, Alfred, disguised as Batman, arrives in the nick of time and uses a canister of gas to create a diversion. Robin is freed, but the Joker and his henchmen manage to escape with a document signed by Bruce which names the Joker as Vice President of the Gotham National Bank. Under the alias of W.C. Whiteface, the Joker takes charge of the bank and hires his henchmen as employees. The Dynamic Duo return to stately Wayne Manor, and their identities as Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson, only to receive a rude visit from the Joker; the Clown Prince of Crime blackmails Bruce with a tape recording of his demand for counterfeit cash, and instructs him to hand over the corpses of the Dynamic Duo. Realising that his trap has backfired, Bruce refuses, but the Joker then orders him to marry his moll, Josie, and insists on a $3,000,000 marriage settlement. Unable to find a way out without revealing his identity, Batman and his trusty chum plan to use the Joker's own robots against him. However, while Robin works on the androids, Bruce then arrested by Police Chief O'Hara and the Anti-Lunatic Squad; it seems that the Caped Crusader’s plan to expose the Joker’s counterfeiting plot by making him Vice President has made Commissioner Gordon believe that the millionaire has gone insane…

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), Cesar Romero (The Joker), Phyllis Douglas (Josie Miller), Lawrence Montaigne (Mr. Glee), J. Edward McKinley (Mr. Flamm), Hollie Haze (Miranda Fleece), Clint Ritchi (Boff), Ed Deemer (Yock), Oscar Beregi Jr (Doctor Floyd)

Directed by Oscar Rudolph
Produced by Howie Horwitz
Executive Producer William Dozier
Batman Created by Bob Kane

TX (US):
16th February 1967

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