Batman Logo 'Ring Around the Riddler'
Story Code '1707'

by Charles Hoffman
Batman Cast

Holy Prize Fighting! In a devious scheme to seize control of Gotham’s boxing championships, the Riddler kidnaps the current title holder, Kid Gulliver, and brainwashes him into throwing his next fight. He then steals the receipts from the box-office at Gotham Square Garden, leaving behind a strange metal box with a blinking light that sends the cashier into a trance. When Batman and Robin arrive and examine the device they discover that it contains a riddle, which concerns a long-buried temple in South-West Asia. The Prince of Puzzlers appears on Betsy Boldface's television show disguised as Mushy Nebuchadnezzar, South-West Asia’s boxing champion; watching the broadcast, Barbara Gordon realises the champ’s true identity, and, as Batgirl, trails Betsey to the Riddler's hideout at a gymnasium. However, the caped crusaderess is caught by Loreli Circe, a.k.a. the Siren, who uses her high-octave voice to place the crime fighter under her power; but the high note only works on men, forcing the Riddler to tie up Batgirl and lock her into a steam room. While Batgirl escapes through the ventilation system, the Dynamic Duo receive two more clues from the Riddler over the telephone via radio station GTZR; with the help of his trusty chum, the Caped Crusader solves the clues, and then accepts a challenge to a fight the Prince Of Puzzlers in the ring at Gotham Square Garden…

Adam West (Bruce Wayne / Batman), Burt Ward (Dick Grayson / Robin), Yvonne Craig ( Barbara Gordon / Batgirl), Alan Napier (Alfred Pennyworth), Madge Blake (Aunt Harriet Cooper), James Hamilton (Police Commissioner Gordon), Stafford Repp (Police Chief O’Hara), William Dozier (Narrator), Joan Collins (The Siren), Peggy Ann Garner (Betsy Boldface), Frank Gorshin (The Riddler), Nicholas Georgiade (Kayo), Gil Perkins (Cauliflower), James Brolin (Kid Gulliver), Peggy Olson (Cashier)

Directed by Sam Strangis
Produced by Howie Horwitz
Executive Producer William Dozier
Batman Created by Bob Kane


TX (US):
21st September 1967

Bat-Notes:
*Featuring Bruce Wayne (a.k.a. Batman), Dick Grayson (a.k.a. Robin), Barbara Gordon (a.k.a. Batgirl), Alfred Pennyworth, Aunt Harriet Cooper, Police Commissioner Gordon and Police Chief O’Hara