Batman #146

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BATMAN AND ROBIN’S MAGICAL POWERS Batman and Robin are gifted with magical powers over steel, rope, rubber, and wood by a grateful magician. However, the man's magic is phony and he had only good intentions to rewards his heroes. However, this scene is witnessed by Bat-Mite, who decides to intervene and uses his magic to make the heroes perform incredible magic feats. When the people of Gotham realize that the magician can grant powers, some crooks kidnap him and try to force the man into giving them magic powers. Batman and Robin soon intervene and Bat-Mite helps them save the magician and capture the crooks. In the end, the Dynamic Duo learn that they never had magic powers and that it was all Bat-Mite's fault. THE SECRET OF THE LEOPARD BOY Batman and Robin trail gangster Smiley Fenton to Africa and encounter a jungle youth known as the Leopard Boy. After saving the boy from the gangsters, they learn that he is the only son of a former gang leader. Both the kid and his father had been presumed dead after they went on an air trip, but Batman finally learns that the kid survived and was raised by jungle animals. Fenton also learned of this and he tracked down the boy in order to get the stolen gems that his father, the gangster, hid. Batman and Robin finally capture Fenton with help from the jungle boy and soon, they take the youngster back to Gotham City, where he is reunited with his mother, who with everyone else presumed him dead. THE DEADLY CURSE OF KORABO Batman and Robin strive to save the remaining members of a mountain-climbing team from the apparent Curse of Korabo, which may claim their lives. As the members of the club start dying after a giant hand strikes at them, the Dynamic Duo investigate the case and discover that the whole event was a hoax in order to force the leader of the team to reveal his crimes. Finally, the man admits that he killed the leader of a rival climbing team in order to recover the prized relic.