Comic Title: Batman #220
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: March 1970
On Sale Date: January 20, 1970 Newsstand Date January 20, 1970
Source: Comic Reader, #76

Newsstand Date January 20, 1970
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V24 #11

Copyright Date January 20, 1970
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1970

Newsstand Date January 22, 1970
Source: House Ad, Phantom Stranger #6, Page 14

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of April and October
Cover Price: $0.15
Page Count: 32
Contains: Ownership Statement
Circulation: 356128
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "This Murder Has Been... Pre-Recorded"
Pages: 23

Feature(s):
Batman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Frank Robbins
Penciller: Irving H. Novick
Inker: Dick Giordano

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents:Batman Vol. 5 TPB (2012)

Feature Character(s)

• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #396; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #192)

Villain(s)

• Zachary Nova (a demolitions expert; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Marla Manning (a feature writer; next appearance in Detective Comics #416)
• Miss Atkins (Bruce Wayne's secretary; voice only; no further appearances)
• Sandra Sloane (The sister of a murder victim; no further appearances)
• Tom Sloane (a murder victim; dies in flashback; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Bruce Wayne is approached by Marla Manning, a reporter who has received death threats following the publication of an article concerning the death of Tom Sloane. Bruce checks the Wayne Foundation files and discovers that the statement made by Sloane's sister is missing. He investigates as Batman and ties the murder to a demolition company owner Zachary Nova.

To catch Nova, Batman asks Manning to write another article. She receives another message. This time it is to receive evidence in a phone booth. Batman takes her place and hears a recorded message of Nova's confession just before the phone booth explodes. However, Batman anticipated the trap and was not inside when the bomb detonated. He then apprehends Nova and uses the confession as evidence of the murder.