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Issue Details

Issue #229
Published March 1956
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "The 10,000 Secrets of Batman!"

Characters Batman; Robin; Mart Mathers (villain)
Genre superhero
Pencils Winslow Mortimer
Inks Winslow Mortimer

12 page Batman and Robin story "The 10,000 Secrets of Batman!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon (supporting); John Creeden (villain); Mart Mathers (villain)
Synopsis When the Caped Crusaders agree to allow a TV broadcast from the Bat-Cave, Batman discovers to his horror that his microfilm files have been stolen, something that could be of tremendous value to the criminal underworld.
Genre superhero
Pencils Dick Sprang [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inks Charles Paris
Notes When reprinted in Batman Annual #1, this story was re-titled "Batman's Electronic Crime File." Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-11-07.
Reprinted in Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #1; in Giant Batman Annual #1 Replica Edition (DC, 1999 series) #nn

1 page Batman Whirly-Word Game activity

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Genre superhero
Script Martin Naydel
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel
Notes puzzle

6 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The Diamond Mine on Broadway"

Characters Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); Joshua Maddern (villain)
Genre detective
Pencils Ruben Moreira (signed)
Inks Ruben Moreira (signed)

Half page Casey the Cop filler "It's your move now, Lefty!"

Characters Casey the Cop; Lefty
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page Binky public service announcement "Healthy Teeth for You and Your Pet!"

Characters Binky
Genre teen
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Winslow Mortimer
Inks Winslow Mortimer
Letters Ira Schnapp

2 page text story "Sleuthing with Science"

Genre adventure
Script Jack Miller (signed)
Letters typeset

6 page John Jones Manhunter from Mars story "The Phantom Bodyguard"

Characters Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz; John Jones]; Captain Harding (supporting); Drexel Mansfield (intro, villain); Lawrence Cowan (intro)
Genre superhero
Script Dave Wood ?
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa
Notes writer id by Bob Hughes 6/09
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1