Batman Series 3 - known to bubblegum trading card collectors as Batman Puzzle B or Blue Bats, also has a total of 44 cards in the set. Similar to the previous two series, these cards feature blue pinstriping around the border and a blue bat caption. The verso features a caption (same as the obverse blue bat) above the short storyline, plus a different puzzle segment drawn in comicbook fashion, while Series 3 version 2 has a large blue cowl.
Above: Puzzle B back with short storyline
Above: Blue Cowl back with similar headline and caption.
Click inside to mouse over thumbnail views of the entire Batman Series 3 card set:
Title: Batman Series 3 AKA: Puzzle B, Blue Bat Type: Cards sold via 5 cent wax packs Design: Color hand-painted images Verso: Color puzzle piece Genre: TV Series - Situation Comedy Producer: Topps Year released: 1966 Cards in set: 44 Wrapper produced: Yes
AKA: Puzzle B Backs or Blue Bats
a No.Title
1B The Joker's Icy Jest
2B The Penguin Prevails
3B Hydofoil Hotspot
4B Branded Boy Wonder
5B Caged by the Catwoman
6B Canape for a Cobra
7B The Grim Gladiator
8B Snaring the Sheik
9B Bashed on a Billboard
10B Amphibious Attackers
11B To Robin's Rescue
12B Rengade Roulette
13B Batman's Coffin
14B Neanderthal Nemesis
15B The Joker Wishes Robin Well
16B Penned by the Penguin
17B Prehistoric Peril
18B The Penguin's Prey
19B Cornered on a Cliff
20B Distorted Dynamic Duo
21B Toll of Torture
22B Routing the Riddler
23B The Joker's Juggernaut
24B Fangs of the Phantom
25B Dragged from Death's Door
26B Jack Frost's Jinx
27B Pasting the Painter
28B Concrete Conquest
29B A Wretched Riddle
30B Jostled by the Joker
31B Batman Bucks Badman
32B Frozen by Frost
33B Gassed by a Geranium
34B A Fatal Joust
35B Holy Rodents
36B A Pressing Position
37B Riddler on the Roof
38B Beware the Batarang
39B Caught in a Cavern
40B Batman Bails Out!
41B Aquatic Attack!
42B Inhospitable Hatter!
43B The Perilous Penny
44B Riddler Robs a Rainbow!
