Detective Comics #225

(November 1955)

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Motor's Auto Repair Manual / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

If I Were Batman (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints

• in Baticomic (Editorial Novaro, 1968 series) #5 (1° de noviembre de 1967)
• in DC Silver Age Classics Detective Comics 225 (DC, 1992 series) ([April] 1992)
• in Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 (DC, 2001 series) (January 2001)

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Superman Playsuit / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Buzzy Asks: "Do You Know Your Neighbors?" (Table of Contents: 4)

Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; teen

Characters

Buzzy Brown

The Money That Came to Life! (Table of Contents: 5)

Roy Raymond TV Detective / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller

Pencils

Ruben Moreira (signed)

Inks

Ruben Moreira (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Roy Raymond

Reprints

• in Baticomic (Editorial Novaro, 1968 series) #5 (1° de noviembre de 1967)
• in DC Silver Age Classics Detective Comics 225 (DC, 1992 series) ([April] 1992)
• in Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 (DC, 2001 series) (January 2001)

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Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hmm - This gym must be new around here!

Genre

humor

Characters

Casey the Cop

Synopsis

Casey responds to a cry for help from inside a gym.

Reprints

• in Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 (DC, 2001 series) (January 2001)

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Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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Varsity Vic / comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Are you sure?

Genre

humor

Characters

Varsity Vic; Bill

Synopsis

Vic wonders why his friend Bill never has any money.

Reprints

• in Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 (DC, 2001 series) (January 2001)

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Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

Four Tricks of the Detective's Trade (Table of Contents: 10)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Miller

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• in Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 (DC, 2001 series) (January 2001)

The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel (Table of Contents: 11)

John Jones Manhunter from Mars / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Samachson ?; Jack Miller ?

Pencils

Joe Certa

Inks

Joe Certa

Colors

?

Letters

Pat Gordon

Genre

superhero

Characters

Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz; aka John Jones] (introduction, origin); Dr. Mark Erdel (introduction, death); Lt. Saunders

Synopsis

A scientist builds a robot brain which teleports a Martian to Earth. After the scientist dies the Martian is trapped here, so he decides to become a police detective.

Reprints

• in Secret Origins (DC, 1961 series) #1 ([Summer] 1961)
• in Baticomic (Editorial Novaro, 1968 series) #5 (1° de noviembre de 1967)
• in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #175 (May 1968)
• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #2/1969 (25. Januar 1969)
• in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #226 (November-December 1974)
• in Mysteries in Space: The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1980 series) ([April] 1980)
• in DC Silver Age Classics Detective Comics 225 (DC, 1992 series) ([April] 1992)
• in Secret Origins Replica Edition (DC, 1998 series) #1 ([February] 1998)
• in Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 (DC, 2001 series) (January 2001)
• in Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([September] 2007)
• in DC Universe Secret Origins (DC, 2012 series) ([April] 2012)
• in DC Universe: Secret Origins (DC, 2013 series) (2012 [June 2013])
• in DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection (Eaglemoss Publications, 2015 series) #11 - JLA - Das erste Jahr 2
• in Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman (DC, 2019 series) ([May] 2019)
• in Martian Manhunter: Identity (DC, 2020 series) ([August] 2020)

Indexer Notes

Script attributed to Jack Miller by Rich Morrissey, disputed by Bob Hughes. Samachson is current DC credit as seen in Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1.

Plot is similar to "The Galaxy Being", first episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. The show first aired on 16 September 1963. In it, Allan Maxwell, an engineer for a small radio station, somehow makes contact with a peaceful alien creature, who gets transported to Earth by accident.

We Point with Pride to Our "Hall of Trophies!" (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Homer / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tum ta tum

Genre

humor

Characters

Homer

Synopsis

Homer finds the best time to hit the beach.

Reprints

• in Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 (DC, 2001 series) (January 2001)

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Miniature Spy Camera / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Zenith Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)