This issue features "C.O.D. Corpse on Delivery" by Bob Haney and Nick Cardy. The team-up, only hinted at on the cover, is Batman and Plastic Man of Earth-1, someone who did not really exist up till now. Batman is hired by Ruby Ryder Inc. owner, Ruby Ryder to find her fiance Kyle Morgan, whom she claims went missing in South America. However, when Batman finds Morgan and brings him back to Ryder, she shoots him dead. Batman then goes on the trail to find Ryder when she escapes. Aided by a mysterious benefactor, Batman finds her in Morocco and takes her back to the States, where she is sentenced to death for the murder of Morgan.
However, Batman stops the execution when he reveals that Kyle Morgan isn't dead, but in the room and Morgan then reveals himself to be alive. He explains that he was once the hero known as Plastic Man, but he took on the guise of Kyle Morgan to try and live a normal life and had a relationship with Ruby Ryder. After learning that she was a power-seeking person, he left her and faked his death, which only fueled her revenge. With the mystery sorted out, Ruby's charges were lessened to attempted murder, however, she leaves the room scoffing at the concept of marrying a freak and tells the authorities to get in touch with her lawyers, while Plastic Man considers his future. Reprinted in Showcase Presents: The Brave and the Bold Batman Team-Ups Vol. 2 TPB (2008), Batman in the Brave and the Bold: The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2017), and Batman in the Brave and the Bold:The Bronze Age Vol. 2 TPB (2019).
Edited by Murray Boltinoff. I complain a lot about Boltioff as an editor, but B&B was one book I always loved and looked forward to, and he was the guy who let Neal Adams run wild with Batman, turning him from camp TV guy to the Dark Knight.
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