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Issue Details

Issue #247
Published September 1957
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "The Man Who Ended Batman's Career!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye

12 page Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder story "The Man Who Ended Batman's Career"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne, Starman]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon (supporting); Professor Milo (introduction, villain)
Synopsis A Professor Milo decides to end the career of the Caped Crusader by giving him a phobia: the fear of bats!
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) #4 (Winter 1963); in Batman: The Black Casebook (DC, 2009 series) #[nn]

1 page public service announcement "Danger Prejudice at Work!"

Script Jack Schiff ?
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira
Letters Ira Schnapp

6 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The Mechanical Bloodhound"

Characters Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); Horatio Dalbo (intro, villain)
Genre detective
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira
Reprinted In Big Boy (Artima, 1956 series) #18 March 1958

1 page Casey the Cop filler "Hold out your hands."

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

1 page text article "Patrol Under the Pavement"

Letters typeset

6 page John Jones Manhunter from Mars story "The Impossible Messages"

Characters Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting); smugglers (villain)
Synopsis Jones has to investigate a crime at a fireworks company.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Miller
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa
Notes The script credit is from the index for the Artima reprint.
Reprinted In Big Boy (Artima, 1956 series) #21 June 1958; in Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1