The year is 1975, and twice Batman has to battle his good friend Wildcat. Actually two of them! In each instance, this was due to the methodical maniacal schemes of master supervillian.
In the spring of that year, the Joker's henchman Dubcek is kept in Gotham City's Sparta Prison. There, he is kept in solitary confinement, with the hopes of his reveal the location and plan of his bad boss. During a boxing match within the prison between Ted Grant and his former boxing Dubcek, that convict and hundreds of other Sparta prisoners are exposed to a deadly tropical fever. Only a lone pooch with antibodies within it can combat this disease, which is dog-napped by the Joker! Forced to fight one another in order to save the dog, which then will save the prisoners, Wildcat and Batman nearly knock one another out. However, the puppy bites Joker, freeing itself and thus saving hundreds.
In the fall of that year, writer Cary Bates of Earth-Prime is accidentally propelled into Earth-Two, where the evil Wizard gives Bates superpowers. With these abilities as a now corrupted agent of Wizard's Injustice Society, Bates leads Wildcat and his Justice Society allies into a trap, and then mentally manipulates the heroes into impersonating the Injustice Society. These mind-controlled heroes battle Batman and his Justice League allies of Earth-One, the result of which is the seeming death of Wildcat and his teammates. However, they are soon after revived, and aid the League in defeating the Wizard's gang while freeing Cary of his control. During this tale, while the Earth-Two Wildcat and Earth-One Batman are opponents until the end of the tale, Wildcat and his world's Robin worked side-by-side from beginning to end. And it would be Earth-Two's Robin who dressed like his mentor, the now retired Batman.
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