Batman #230

Batman #230 (On Sale: January 21, 1971), has a nice cover by Neal Adams and Dick Giordano.

We begin this issue with Batman in "Take-Over of Paradise" by Frank Robbins, Irv Novick, and Dick Giordano. After disrupting violent protests, Batman organizes the young people on the streets and tries to put them on the right path. It seems to work at first, but when a new housing project is announced, they strike with violence again and occupy the place, setting explosives on the perimeter of the new building. Seeing how futile his efforts were, Batman decides to leave the situation to the Gotham City Police Department and not involve himself in any of it.

Unfortunately, Commissioner Gordon is unable to negotiate with the gang and all they request is to talk with Batman or that Gotham meets their demands. Without any option, Gordon contacts Batman to help the police negotiate with the gang. In the meantime, the leaders of the gang have an argument and things get heated in their private room. When Batman arrives, everything seems to indicate that one of the leaders killed the other, and following the clues and trail of the detonator, Batman finds the sole leader of the gang about to detonate the explosives. 

Batman prevents the young man from exploding everything and he deduces that the evidence had been altered to frame the man. At that moment, the real killer appears and Batman stops the rebel lady from eliminating the second leader of the gang. She confesses that she tried to take the leadership of the gang by murdering the two male leaders and after her plot is uncovered by Batman, the rest of the gang decide to drop their violent act and be punished by the law. Reprinted in Showcase Presents: Batman Vol. 6 TPB (2016).

We end with Robin in "Danger Comes A-Looking" by Mike Friedrich, Irv Novick, and Dick Giordano. This story continues from World's Finest #200. After returning to Hudson University from his adventure with Superman, Robin starts investigating the bombing of the ROTC building on campus. However, Robin is beaten up by orange-shoe-wearing students and finds himself in a conflict between radicals and anti-radicals. Reprinted in Showcase Presents: Robin the Boy Wonder Vol. 1 TPB (2008).

Edited by Julius Schwartz.