The story was from a comic that must have been from the early to middle 1960's and it looked at the question why Robin was not called Bat Boy. It seems that Batman had a previous side-kick before Robin who was called Bat Boy who (I guess) must come to an unfortunate end.
Does anyone remember this story? The story wasn't that long. Alternatively, why wasn't Robin named Bat Boy?
Answer
This is a description of Batman vol.1 No.90 (March 1955) "The Adventures of Batboy!"
At the end, the titular Batboy (a dime-store vigilante with a penchant for baseball bats) ends up in the prison hospital and vows never to fight crime again.

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