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Issue Details

Issue #282
Published August 1960
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jack Schiff; Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)

Cover Details - "Batman's Interplanetary Rival!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tal-Dar
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff

12 page Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder story "Batman's Interplanetary Rival"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joe Hackett (intro, villain); Zan-Rak (intro, villain); Tal-Dar
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger ?
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Charles Paris

1 page Superman public service announcement "Lend a Friendly Hand!"

Genre superhero
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Letters Ira Schnapp

5 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The Mirages That Went Mad"

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

1 page text article "Shadow in the Storm"

Letters typeset

1 page Lefty Looie filler "I've been here a long time, Lefty!"

Characters Lefty Looie; 1041
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

6 page John Jones Manhunter from Mars story "The Girl With the Martian Powers"

Characters Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting); Diane Meade (supporting); Cleat Groves (intro, villain)
Synopsis When Diane has to testify against a vicious criminal a strange meteor appears to give her super powers.
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