(Narrator) Batman and Robin pursue the Wizard's men,
who have taken some special detonators from the research plant.
The chase leads to a lonely mountain road.
[Machine humming]
[Crackling]
[Crowbar buzzing]
That settles Batman. Get Robin.
Put him in the back. We gotta get out of here.
[Truck engine starting]
Bring the boy inside.
He must be hiding around here someplace.
You two keep on looking for him. We're going back.
Hello, Evans.
How has Morton been doing?
He don't seem to like it here
for a man who's invented the high explosive,
he seems awfully quiet.
How long am I to be kept here?
Until you give us the information we want
You won't get anything out of me.
Our leader, the Wizard, will soon be here,
he'll change your mind.
The Wizard? Coming here?
Yes, any minute now.
Go keep an eye out for Ives and Jason
[Stones clacking]
[Footsteps approaching]
[Door closing]
They're not in sight.
Probably still looking for Batman's pal.
(Wizard on radio) This is the Wizard speaking. I am ready to enter.
(Wizard) Morton,
I know that your invention is more than an explosive,
it is a potential source of great power.
Who told you that?
Never mind.
I also know that you have worked out a formula
for harnessing that explosive energy to machinery.
Where is that formula?
I'll never tell you.
I see I shall have to persuade you.
Watch my eyes,
relax,
you are tired, Morton, very tired.
Relax.
[Brakes screeching]
You are now ready to tell what I want to know.
Nolan! Someone's hiding in this room!
Look behind those curtains.
[Slumping] Evans, you stay here.
He's tricked us.
Come, Morton,
tell me where your formula is hidden.
I'll never tell.
[Tires screeching]
[Crashing]
Out the panel. The Batman's here.
Morton's inside, and so is the Wizard.
[Door crashing]
They've gone.
What's happened to Morton?
He's got a head injury.
[Wizard cackling]
You're clever, Batman,
but not as clever as the Wizard.
[Glass shattering]
[Broken glass tinkling]
Where did he go?
He was never there, Robin.
That glass was a television screen.
He was projected on it from his unknown hideout.
Let's take a look at Morton.
We'd better get him to a hospital.
So the Wizard knows that this explosive
can be turned into industrial energy?
And he was trying to find out where Morton kept his formula.
Did Morton tell him? I don't know.
They discovered me and I had to get out.
Morton's still unconscious.
We can't tell whether or not he revealed his secret.
Let's turn on the radio. It's time for Barry Brown's broadcast.
He probably knows more about this than we do.
(Announcer) And now, here is Barry Brown, your favorite newscaster.
(Barry) Good evening, everybody.
Here's an exclusive flash:
Wesley Morton, the missing inventor,
was rescued from the hands of criminals today.
Morton has a severe concussion.
The injured inventor is lying unconscious in the city hospital,
under police guard.
That's the news the Wizard said we'd get.
How does Brown learn these things?
And why does he broadcast them?
Well, maybe he's the Wizard,
giving his men orders this way.
That's an idea.
Now we'll have to go to the hospital
and see that Morton's guards are alerted.
How soon will he be able to talk?
Any minute now. But don't question him too much.
Commissioner, can I see you outside a minute?
Why, yes, of course, Bruce.
Did you hear Brown's broadcast tonight?
No. Don't tell me he knows that Morton is here.
Yes, and by now the whole town knows it.
I'll warn the guards. Stand by inside, will you?
I'll come right down.
Oh, do you mind if I get a picture or two for my magazine?
Oh, please don't, miss Vale, it might upset the patient.
What's the use of being a photographer? Everybody says:
"Please don't take any pictures."
If there's any trouble, get back to the car, but fast.
All right.
He's coming to.
He's going to talk, commissioner.
(Gordon on radio) How are you feeling, mr. Morton?
The radio transmitter's working.
Pretty weak.
Do you remember what you told the Wizard?
I--I didn't tell him anything.
(Morton) He--he still doesn't know where my formula is kept.
Well, tell us where it is, and we'll guard it.
It's in room...
In the filing cabinet in room 521,
in the Markham building.
I'll have some of my men stationed there.
[Footsteps approaching]
Good work. I'll turn this thing off.
[Transmitter whistling]
Did you hear that? Yes, what was it?
[Engine starting]
It came from over here.
It's a small radio transmitter.
Someone's been listening in.
The Wizard's men are probably heading for that formula right now.
I'll notify headquarters.
Aren't you coming?
No, I think I'll stick around here for a while.
[Door closing]
[Metal buckling]
They could shoot us if we tried to rush them.
We'll have to use strategy.
Attract their attention and make them follow you.
Look!
[Both grunting]
Watch 'em!
This is Morton's formula. Let's get out of here.
[Grunts]
(Narrator) Are the Wizard's men to escape so easily?
Is Vicki to face some new and unexpected peril?
[Narrator speaking]