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Issue Details

Issue #228
Published February 1956
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Notes Per the Comic Magazine Publishing Report issue #168, January 1956 by The Dougherty Co.: On newsstand date: December 20, 1955.

Cover Details - "The Outlaw Batman"

Genre superhero
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer
Notes Per the Comic Magazine Publishing Report issue #168, January 1956 by The Dougherty Co.: On newsstand date: December 20, 1955.

12 page Batman and Robin story "The Outlaw Batman"

Genre superhero
Pencils Bob Kane
Inks Charles Paris
Notes Artist credits revised and verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Pencil credit previously given to Sheldon Moldoff and inker credit given to Stan Kaye?

1 page Buzzy public service announcement "Do You Know How to Be a Good Baby-Sitter?"

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

5 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The Machine That Captured the Past"

Genre detective
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira

Half page Shorty filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

Half page Casey the Cop filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

2 page text article "How to Read Fingerprints"

Script Jack Miller

6 page John Jones Manhunter From Mars story "Escape to the Stars"

Characters Martian Manhunter (John Jones; J'Onn J'Onzz); Captain Harding (intro); Alex Dunster
Synopsis John Jones discovers that Alex Dunster, who acquires and sells scientific and technical items of great value, has gotten hold of the machine that Prof. Erdel used to bring J'onn J'onzz from Mars. Jones realizes that if he uses the machine to return to Mars, however, Dunster would be free to continue his criminal ways. So Jones confronts Dunster, but Dunster destroys the machine before surrendering.
Genre superhero
Script Dave Wood
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa
Notes Reprint information from Ted Watson on 27 October 2004. Manhunter first uses his powers to see through walls.
Reprinted in Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1990 series) #nn; in Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1992 series) #nn; in Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1