Issue Details

Issue	#253
Published	March 1958
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "The Fox, the Shark, and the Vulture!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Terrible Trio [The Fox; The Shark; The Vulture] (villain)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff

12 page Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder story "The Fox, the Shark, and the Vulture"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon (supporting); The Terrible Trio [The Fox; The Shark; The Vulture] (intro, villain)
Synopsis	A weird trio hijacks artifacts from a world tour of historical artifacts exhibit. A sharp witted Batman figures out the trio's lair and overcomes them.
Genre	superhero
Script	Dave Wood
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane]
Inks	Charles Paris
Notes	Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-4-07.
Reprinted	in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #176 (December 1965)

1 page Casey the Cop filler "It's quiet here!"

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

1 page public service announcement "Do You Know What's Behind a Law?"

Script	Jack Schiff ?
Pencils	Bob Brown
Inks	Bob Brown
Letters	Ira Schnapp

6 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The Fossil Man"

Characters	Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); Acilio Scipio (flashback); Thor Dakar (intro, villain)
Genre	detective
Pencils	Ruben Moreira
Inks	Ruben Moreira
Reprinted	In Big Boy (Artima, 1956 series) #24 September 1958

2 page Warden Willis filler "The emergency siren!"

Characters	Warden Willis; Hogan; Smathers
Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

1 page text article "Bureau of Destroyed Money"

Genre	crime
Letters	typeset

6 page John Jones Manhunter from Mars story "The Super Reporter!"

Characters	Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Harry Moran (intro, villain); Jim Wade
Synopsis	Gangster Harry Moran starts his own paper in order to drive legitimate papers off the newsstands.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Miller
Pencils	Joe Certa
Inks	Joe Certa
Reprinted	In Big Boy (Artima, 1956 series) #24 September 1958; in Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1