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Issue Details

Issue	#235
Published	September 1956
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "The First Batman!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batman [Dr. Thomas Wayne] (film); Lew Moxon (villain, film)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff

10 page Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder story "The First Batman"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Dr. Thomas Wayne (cameo, flashback); Martha Wayne (cameo, flashback); Lew Moxon (villain, introduction, death); Joey Chill (villain, death)
Synopsis	The discovery of an old Batman-type costume in Bruce Wayne's attic re-opens the Wayne murder case, and helps him realize that Joey Chill had ONLY been hired to kill his parents....and the real man responsible was still alive and free.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	Origin re-cap in this issue.
Reprinted	in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #255 (March-April 1974); in Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #4 (Winter 1963); in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #2; in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1988 series) #nn [1]; in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1989 series) #nn [1]; in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (Warner Books, 1989 series) #nn; in Super-Team (Epix, 1992 series) #6/1992; in Läderlappen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #7/1975; in Batman: The Black Casebook (DC, 2009 series) #[nn]

1 page Casey the Cop filler "Good morning."

Characters	Casey the Cop
Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

6 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The Hour of Hoaxes"

Characters	Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); a spy (intro, villain)
Genre	detective
Pencils	Ruben Moreira
Inks	Ruben Moreira

1 page public service announcement "The Big Dance"

Script	Jack Schiff?
Letters	typeset

1 page text article "The Black Museum"

Pencils	? (illustration)
Inks	? (illustration)
Colors	? (illustration)
Letters	typeset

6 page John Jones Manhunter from Mars story "The World's Greatest Magician"

Characters	Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting); The Phantom Thief [Jojo] (intro, villain); Daro; Zodak
Synopsis	Jones becomes a circus magician in order to smoke out a thief.
Genre	superhero
Script	Dave Wood ?
Pencils	Joe Certa
Inks	Joe Certa
Notes	writer id by Bob Hughes 5/09
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1