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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