Manic Monday Bonus--Yeah, That's the Ticket!!

Fact: Batman is a terrible liar!

Scene: Batman is pretending to be a guy who is pretending to be Batman...OK, that's confusing. Blame the Silver Age!

Long story short, some con men are trying to scam wealthy yachtsman Ned Judson by posing as Batmen. The "real" Batman has decided to throw a wrench in their plans by pretending to be the fake Batman #1.

However, the Caped Crusader just isn't very comfortable lying, it would seem:


And even after a couple of days, Batman is clearly not very polished at this lying business:

"Eh? Oh...yes...er...sure...sure..."??? Really? It makes you wonder how he can ever pull off Matches Malone.

Clearly, Batman needs some lying lessons from these guys:



From Detective Comics #222 (1955) as reprinted in Batman #259 (1974).