Issue Details

Issue	#275
Published	January 1960
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Jack Schiff; Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)

Cover Details - "The Zebra Batman!"

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

11 page Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder story "The Zebra Batman"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne; Zebra-Batman]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon (supporting); Zebra-Man (intro, villain)
Synopsis	An insideous criminal discovers a way to charge his body like a magnet to commit crimes, but Batman, in trying to stop him, accidently becomes charged as well, making the villain's capture difficult.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane]
Inks	Charles Paris
Notes	Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-3-07.
Reprinted	in Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #5 (Summer 1963)

1 page Binky public service announcement "The Best Present of All!"

Genre	teen
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer
Letters	Ira Schnapp

1 page Casey the Cop filler "Hello, Junior."

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

5 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The Super-Brain Maker"

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

1 page filler "Cops-Of-All-Trades"

Notes	Second page of original filler is deleted.
Reprinted	from Gang Busters (1947 series) #42 (October-November 1954)

Half page Jail Jests filler "This is your cell-mate."

Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

1 page text story "Death Counts Out the Champ"

Genre	crime
Letters	typeset

5 page John Jones Manhunter from Mars story "John Jones' Pesky Partner"

Characters	Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting); Diane Meade (supporting); Willy Horan (intro, villain)
Synopsis	Diane Meade is convinced Jones is the Martian Manhunter.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Miller
Pencils	Joe Certa
Inks	Joe Certa
Notes	Next appearance in Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #28 as part of the Justice League of America.
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1