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Issue Details

Issue #254
Published April 1958
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "One Ounce of Doom!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ace the Bat-Hound (supporting)
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff

1 page Peter Porkchops public service announcement "The Secret of the Happy Pig!"

Genre funny animal
Script Jack Schiff ?
Pencils Rube Grossman
Inks Rube Grossman
Letters Ira Schnapp

12 page Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder story "One Ounce of Doom"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon (supporting); Ace the Bat-Hound (supporting); Burton (intro, villain); Hegan (intro, villain)
Synopsis A hobo unknowlingly steals a high explosive from the laboratory of a scientist.
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Charles Paris
Notes Ace was erroneously claimed to have had his first appearance in this issue. Info by Kurt Mitchell, 2005-06-08 (Per Sandell ed.)

1 page Warden Willis filler "This is a member of the prison board."

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

1 page Casey the Cop filler "Hmm-he's acting mighty suspicious."

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

6 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The Monster of the Mountain"

Characters Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); Wakamba (intro, villain); Hidalgo (intro, villain)
Genre detective
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira
Reprinted In Big Boy (Artima, 1956 series) #25 October 1958

1 page text article "Crime A La Carte"

Letters typeset

6 page John Jones Manhunter from Mars story "The One-Man Army"

Characters Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting); The General (intro, villain)
Synopsis Manhunter takes on the General who has assembled an army of crime.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Miller ?
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa
Notes writer id by Bob Hughes 12/08
Reprinted In Big Boy (Artima, 1956 series) #25 October 1958; in Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1