Batman Logo 'The Spell of Tut'
Story Code '9709-Part 1'

by Francis Cockrell
and Marian Cockrell
Batman Cast

Holy Beetles! When two of King Tut’s henchmen break into the mansion of a Man of Distinction and steal a string of amber beads, Batman and Robin are called in to help Commissioner Gordon and Police Chief O’Hara’s investigations. A clue in the shape of a lead pestle leads the Dynamic Duo to Tut’s hideout at the Apex Apothecary Shop, where they find the potty pharaoh attempting to release a handful of resuscitated ancient scarab beetles that have been preserved for millennia inside the amber. A brawl erupts, but Batman and Robin are stopped by sneezing powder, allowing Tut and his Tutlings to escape. Having secured one of the beetles, the Caped Crusader and Boy Wonder take the insect back to the Batcave for closer inspection, and soon determine that the King of the Nile is planning to create a deadly ancient potion called ‘abu raubu simbu tu’, which can subdue the human will - thereby enabling the mad monarch to bring the citizens of Gotham under his command…

Adam West (Bruce Wayne / Batman), Burt Ward (Dick Grayson / Robin), Alan Napier (Alfred Pennyworth), Madge Blake (Aunt Harriet Cooper), James Hamilton (Police Commissioner Gordon), Stafford Repp (Police Chief O’Hara), William Dozier (Narrator), Victor Buono (King Tut), Marianna Hill (Cleo Patrick), Peter Mamakos (Royal Lapidary), Michael Pataki (Amenophis Tewfik), Boyd Santell (Sethos), Rene Paul (Man of Distinction), Van Williams (The Green Hornet [Window Cameo]), Bruce Lee (Kato [Window Cameo]), Sid Haig (Royal Apothecary)

Directed by Larry Peerce
Produced by Howie Horwitz
Executive Producer William Dozier
Batman Created by Bob Kane


TX (US):
28th September 1966

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