Batman Logo 'The Joker's Hard Times'
Story Code '9733-Part 1'

by Stephen Kandel
and Stanford Sherman
Story by Stephen Kandel
Batman Cast

Holy Astrology! When the Joker steals a rare art map from Commissioner Gordon's office at Police Headquarters, Batman and Robin deduce that the villain is planning to commit twelve crimes based on the astrological signs of the zodiac (the Rare Art Map’s initials standing for Aries, the sign of the Ram). However, unknown to the Dynamic Duo, the Joker has teamed up with that felonious fowl, the Penguin. The Clown Prince Of Crime then gives a false clue to Batman and his trusty chum, which heavily hints that Taurus will be the theme of his next theft; but the Dynamic Duo realise that the clue is a lot of bull, and guess that the villain’s real target is a famous brother-and-sister singing duo called The Twins - Gemini. The two heroes rush off to save the singers, not knowing that the duet has already been replaced by the Joker's henchmen, and that the Penguin is now lying in wait for them…

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), Cesar Romero (The Joker), Burgess Meredith (The Penguin), Terry Moore (Venus), Hal Baylor (Mercury), Joe Di Reda (Mars), Eddie Saenz (Saturn), Dick Crockett (Neptune), Charlie Picerni (Uranus), Charles Fredricks (Leo Crustash), Howard Wendell (Basil Bowman), Louis Cordova (Salesman), Vincent Barbi (Truck Driver), Jonathan Kidd (FirstZoologist), Milton Stark (Second Zoologist)

Directed by Oscar Rudolph
Produced by Howie Horwitz
Executive Producer William Dozier
Batman Created by Bob Kane


TX (US):
11th January 1967

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