![]() At the Gotham Navy Yard, Batman dispatches Col. The Caped Crusader quickly figures out that Colonel Sulphur (last seen in Batman 241) is after the valuable diamond Friss received for betraying his ship’s position to the Japanese. He is immediately captured and taken away despite Batman’s best efforts to protect him. Friss is released from prison after serving 30 years for treason during WWII. ![]() We never even find out which killer has the silly outfit and the smoker's cough. When the dust clears, Batman's thought balloon says: "Rick's attack on me sure wasn't the reaction of a guilty man." Say what? How can you be sure of that? Like most of Frank Robbins' whodunits, this one is a boring and uninvolving dog. When Bats approaches Rick Manton for an alibi, the man attacks him with a steady diet of powerful punches while offering up his alibi. I doubt if the Dodgers ever had to cancel a game because of a "smog out" like this issue's Gotham Mets. Is this mysterious "smog" confined to only one area of Gotham? Seriously, is it so thick that a killer can "hide" in it? I've spent a good deal of time in the warmth and glow of Los Angeles smog and I daresay nothing outside of a helicopter is going to get lost in it. Go ahead, baseball expert, name me MLB's "top ump!" Gordon refers to the dead folk as victims of "the smog killer." This goes back to my complaint last installment with Jason Bard labeling his files with inane case names. PE: Only in the DC Universe are umpires treated like celebrities. “Final Performance”) and he adapted two stories by others (“The Second Wife” and “Off Season”).Įpisodes based on stories by Robert Bloch but with teleplays by other writers:Įpisodes with teleplays by Robert Bloch based on stories by other writers:Įpisodes where Bloch adapted his own stories:Īll were aired on CBS or NBC except for “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” which was only shown in syndication.įirst print appearance- Playboy October 1957īased on-“Is Betsey Blake Still Alive?” by Robert Blochįirst print appearance- Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1958īased on-“The Man in the Raincoat” by Frank Maceįirst print appearance- London Mystery Magazine December 1958īased on-“Change of Heart” by Robert Blochįirst print appearance- The Arkham Sampler Winter 1948Įpisode title-“The Greatest Monster of Them All”īased on-“The Greatest Monster of Them All” by Bryce Waltonįirst print appearance- Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1959įirst print appearance- The New Yorker 28 November 1959īased on-“The Gloating Place” by Robert BlochĮpisode title-“The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”īased on-“The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” by Robert Blochįirst print appearance- Weird Tales January 1949īased on-“The Geniuses” by Max Franklin (Richard Deming)įirst print appearance- Manhunt June 1957īased on- This Sweet Sickness by Patricia Highsmithīased on-“A Home Away From Home” by Robert Blochįirst print appearance- Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1961īased on-“Return to the Sabbath” by Robert Blochįirst print appearance- Weird Tales July 1938įirst print appearance- Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1956īased on-“The Final Performance” by Robert Blochįirst print appearance- Shock September 1960īased on-“The Lonely Heart” by Richard Demingįirst print appearance- Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1964įirst print appearance- Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1965Īnd finally, rankings (from best to worst):ĬOMING IN TWO WEEKS: SHATNER MEETS HITCHCOCK! For the final season, two of Bloch’s stories were adapted by other writers (“Water’s Edge” and ![]() In season nine, he adapted one of his own stories (“A Home Away From Home”) and had another adapted by someone else (“The Sign of Satan”). The show expanded to an hour with season eight and Bloch adapted a novel by another writer (“Annabel”). In season seven, he adapted two of his own stories (“The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” and “The Big Kick”) and one story by another (“Bad Actor”). In season six, he adapted two of his own stories (“The Changing Heart” and “The Gloating Place”) and he adapted two stories by other writers (“The Greatest Monster of Them All” and “The Landlady”). In the fifth season of the half-hour series he had two stories adapted by other writers (“The Cure” and “Madame Mystery”) and adapted another writer’s story himself (“The Cuckoo Clock”). ![]() Robert Bloch had a hand in ten episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and seven episodes of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
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