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Issue Details

Issue #270
Published August 1959
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jack Schiff; Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)

Cover Details - "The Creature from Planet X!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Creature From Planet X
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes Cover inspired by the cover of the July 1940 issue of Thrilling Wonder Stories.

11 page Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder story "The Creature from Planet X"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon (supporting); Bart Travers (intro, villain); Creature From Planet X; Bat-Missile (intro)
Synopsis A giant alien is convinced by a gang of criminals that Batman is a criminal.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Miller
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Charles Paris

1 page Peter Porkchops public service announcement "Tips on Summer Fun!"

Genre funny animal
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Rube Grossman
Inks Rube Grossman
Letters Ira Schnapp

1 page Jail Jests filler "Your visitor is here!"

Characters J.B.; 4012
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

5 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The City That Time Forgot"

Characters Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); Dick Edmunds (intro)
Genre detective
Script Jack Miller
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira
Reprinted in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #189 (November 1969)

Half page Casey the Cop filler "Does your mother allow you to eat so much pie, young man?"

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

1 page text article "Behind the Closed Door"

Letters typeset

5 page John Jones Manhunter from Mars story "The Hunted Martian"

Characters Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Rod Mulloy (intro, villain); Dirk Johnson
Synopsis Jones has to track an American criminal through the jungles of Africa.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Miller ?
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa
Notes Writer id added by Bob Hughes June 2009.
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1