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Issue Details

Issue #249
Published November 1957
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "The Crime of Bruce Wayne!"

Characters Batman [as Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff

12 page Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder story "The Crime of Bruce Wayne"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon (supporting); Batwoman [Kathy Kane] (supporting); Alfred Pennyworth (supporting); The Collector (intro, villain); Squint Neely (intro, villain)
Synopsis Bruce Wayne decides to go along with a scheme in which he would confess to being a wanted criminal known as the Collector in order to get vital information from a cellmate about where the crook stashed $50,000......but the plan goes horribly wrong and Wayne gets sent to death row!
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane]
Inks Charles Paris
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-24-07. Inks verified by Charles Paris.
Reprinted In Batman (DC, 1940 series) #233 (July-August 1971).

1 page public service announcement "Teddy Roosevelt Guardian of Nature"

Characters Theodore Roosevelt
Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff?
Pencils Morris Waldinger ?
Inks Morris Waldinger ?
Letters Ira Schnapp

1 page Video Laffs filler "I'll get it!"

Genre humor
Script Harry Lampert ?
Pencils Harry Lampert ?
Inks Harry Lampert ?

6 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The Ghost That Haunted Roy Raymond"

Characters Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); Mr. Banks (intro)
Genre detective
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira
Reprinted In Big Boy (Artima, 1956 series) #20 (May 1958).

1 page text story "Sleuths of the C.I.B."

Genre crime
Letters typeset

2 page Casey the Cop filler "Yes, Mrs. Van Pester, right away!"

Characters Casey the Cop; Sarge; Mrs. Van Pester
Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

6 page John Jones Manhunter from Mars story "Target For A Day"

Characters Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; The Carlson Gang (intro, villain); Reagan; Maegland; Farley
Synopsis Jones disguises himself as the Governor in order to protect him from a criminal gang whose leader is up for execution.
Genre superhero
Script Dave Wood ?
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa
Notes The Artima reprint credits the script to Jack Miller. Writer id (Dave Wood) by Bob Hughes 12/08.
Reprinted In Big Boy (Artima, 1956 series) #20 (May, 1958); in Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1

Half page Varsity Vic filler "Dad, I'm in the school band."

Characters Varsity Vic; Dad; Professor Pott
Genre teen humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff