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Issue Details

Issue	#248
Published	October 1957
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "Around the World in 8 Days!"

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

12 page Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder story "Around the World in 8 Days"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Hans (intro, villain); Claus (intro, villain)
Synopsis	Bandits break into a hospital and steal an experimental new drug....the only one that will save a patient, and Batman & Robin only have a week to discover its location and get it back so that the man can be injected with it. To make matters worse, the loot from the crime has been broken up between "fences" all over the world!
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Charles Paris
Notes	Synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-18-07.
Reprinted	in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #223 (July-August 1970); in Läderlappen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #12/1975

1 page public service announcement "How Not to Enjoy a Vacation!"

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

6 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The Fabulous Fabric"

Characters	Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); Walter Wallach (intro)
Genre	detective
Pencils	Ruben Moreira
Inks	Ruben Moreira
Reprinted	In Big Boy (Artima, 1956 series) #21 June 1958.

1 page text story "Decision For a Lady Cop"

Genre	adventure
Letters	typeset

1 page Casey the Cop filler "I brought this pup in, Sarge!"

Characters	Casey the Cop; Sarge
Genre	humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

6 page J'onn J'onzz Manhunter from Mars story "The Martian Without A Memory"

Characters	Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; crooks (intro, villain); Duggin
Synopsis	A jolt of electricity from a live wire causes Jones to lose his memory. He no longer knows he's a Martian.
Genre	superhero
Script	Dave Wood ?
Pencils	Joe Certa
Inks	Joe Certa
Notes	writer id by Bob Hughes 12/08
Reprinted	In Big Boy (Artima, 1956 series) #18 March 1958; in Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1.

1 page Warden Willis filler "As members of the Citizens Society we have some suggestions for your prison, Warden Willis!"

Characters	Warden Willis
Genre	humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff