Detective Comics #314

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MURDER IN MOVIELAND Batman and Robin try to nab a disgruntled actor before he can murder three movie studio heads while reprising some of his greatest screen roles. However, some evidence comes to light that might prove that the actor is in fact innocent and that somebody is trying to frame him. Batman investigates further and gathering enough clues, he deduces the place where the criminal will strike next. Batman learns that the murderer is in fact the actor and that the previously uncovered evidence was placed by the actor to throw away suspicion. The actor almost succeeds in killing all three victims, but the last of the three is saved when Batman deduces the washed up actor's scheme. J’ONN J’ONZZ VS JOHN JONES A fugitive criminal from Saturn lands on Earth, stuns John Jones with a force-blast, and assumes his identity with chameleon powers after learning he is a lawman on Earth. He then throws Jones in a river. The detective survives, but sustains a case of amnesia. Meanwhile, the phony Jones soon meets with Diane Meade, Captain Harding, two Saturnian policemen in pursuit of him, and Zook, who realizes from the impostor's electrical aura that he is not the real Jones. Zook tracks down the real John Jones and helps restore his memory. The phony Jones lures the two policemen from Saturn into a trap, exposing them to oil, which strips a Saturnian's powers away and can even kill him. Jones becomes the Martian Manhunter, confronts his impostor, who returns to his Saturnian identity, and battles him. But the Martian's and Saturnian's powers are too similar for either to prevail, until J'onzz tears a crankcase loose from Diane's car and squirts oil on his Saturnian foe, defeating him. Then he rescues the Saturnian cops, who take charge of the criminal and return him to their world.