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Issue Details

Issue #241
Published March 1957
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "The Rainbow Batman!"

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

12 page Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder story "The Rainbow Batman"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon (supporting); Alfred Pennyworth (supporting); thieves (villain)
Synopsis A freak accident to Dick Grayson forces Batman into the uncomfortable position of having to wear different colors of Batman uniforms to keep people from noticing the injury also affects Robin the Boy Wonder!
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane]
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-13-07.
Reprinted In Batman (DC, 1940 series) #182 (August 1966)

1 page Buzzy public service announcement "Special Brotherhood Week Quiz"

Characters Buzzy
Genre teen
Script Jack Schiff ?
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira
Letters Ira Schnapp

6 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The Man Who Couldn't Touch Ground"

Characters Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); Commissioner Jameson
Genre detective
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira

1 page Casey the Cop filler "So you won't tell us a thing, eh?"

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

1 page text story "They Fight Frauds"

Genre fact
Script Jack Miller [as Jack McCoy]
Letters typeset

Half page statement of ownership "Ownership, Management, and Circulation of Detective Comics"

Script J.S. Liebowitz
Letters typeset
Notes Statement for October 1, 1956.

6 page John Jones Manhunter from Mars story "The Impossible Manhunt!"

Characters Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting); Firebug Smith [Jasper Craig] (intro, villain); Roger Jones
Genre superhero
Script Jack Miller ?
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa
Notes writer id by Bob Hughes 5/09
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1