Batman Logo 'Minerva, Mayhem and Millionaires'
Story Code '1725'

by Charles Hoffman
Batman Cast

Holy Mind-Readers! At a mineral spa for millionaires, the owner, Minerva, uses her Deepest Secret Extractor to discover the locations of her customers’ valuables, which she promptly pilfers. Later, she visits the Wayne Foundation and overhears Bruce and another patron discussing a collection of priceless diamonds in the safe. After stealing Bruce's wristwatch Minerva lures the millionaire to her spa, where she returns the timepiece that she 'found' and then presents him with a complimentary Eggplant Jelly Vitamin Scalp Massage; but during the treatment the wily woman uses her Extractor to lift the combination to the vault from Bruce's mind. Suspicious of the goings-on at the clinic, Bruce leaves and then returns as Batman, accompanied by his trusty chum Robin. But Minerva spots the Dynamic Duo and orders her henchmen, Adonis and Atlas, to capture them; she then places the two heroes inside her Persimmon Pressurizers and prepares to parboil them. Leaving the Caped Crusader and Boy Wonder to their fate, Minerva enters the Wayne Foundation, unlocks the vault and steals the diamonds...

Adam West (Bruce Wayne / Batman), Burt Ward (Dick Grayson / Robin), Yvonne Craig ( Barbara Gordon / Batgirl), Alan Napier (Alfred Pennyworth), James Hamilton (Police Commissioner Gordon), Stafford Repp (Police Chief O’Hara), William Dozier (Narrator), Zsa Zsa Gabor (Minerva), Jacques Bergerac (Freddy Touche the Fence), William Smith (Adonis), Al Ferrara (Atlas), Yvonne Arnett (Aphrodite), Boyd Santell (Security Guard), George Neise (Mr. Shubert)

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


TX (US):
14th March 1968

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, and introducing Barbara Gordon (a.k.a. Batgirl)