Issue Details

Issue	#280
Published	June 1960
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Jack Schiff; Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)

Cover Details - "Menace of the Atomic-Man!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Atomic-Man [Paul Strobe] (villain)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff

12 page Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder story "The Menace of the Atomic Man"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ace the Bat-Hound (supporting); Atomic-Man [Paul Strobe] (intro, villain); Henry Hayes
Synopsis	A weird criminal uses eye beams to change the atomic structure of things.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Charles Paris

1 page Casey the Cop filler "I'm lucky!"

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

5 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "Prof. Wetzel's Mystery Ray!"

Characters	Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); Professor Wetzel
Genre	detective
Pencils	Ruben Moreira
Inks	Ruben Moreira

1 page Warden Willis filler "I'm glad your commission approves of my prison!"

Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

1 page text article "Cold Clue!"

Letters

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6 page John Jones Manhunter from Mars story "Bodyguard to a Bandit"

Characters	Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting); Biff Benson (intro, villain)
Synopsis	Jones is assigned to keep a criminal who wants to go to jail from getting there.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Miller ?
Pencils	Joe Certa
Inks	Joe Certa
Notes	writer id by Bob Hughes 5/09
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1

1 page public service announcement "Be Your Own Boss!"

Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Bernard Baily
Inks	Bernard Baily
Letters	Ira Schnapp