(December 1955)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Comics Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- Superman DC National Comics
- Editing:
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
- Color:
- Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Golden Age US; Standard Silver Age US; Standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock:
- Newsprint; Glossy
- Binding:
- Saddle-stitched; Squarebound
- Publishing Format:
- Was Ongoing Series
When Batman Was Robin
Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils:
- Dick Sprang
- Inks:
- Charles Paris
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- I: Harvey Harris
- Reprints:
-
in Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #2 ([Winter] 1961) - in DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (DC, 2009 series) #1 ([April] 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
origin of the Robin costume
[no title indexed]
Casey the Cop / filler / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
Roy Raymond -- Super Athlete!
Roy Raymond TV Detective / comic story / 5.66 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Ruben Moreira
- Inks:
- Ruben Moreira
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- detective-mystery
How a Nation is Born
public service announcement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Schiff
- Pencils:
- Win Mortimer?
- Inks:
- Win Mortimer
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ira Schnapp
Sleuth on the Sawdust Trail
text article / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Miller [as John Mallon]
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
The Case of the Magic Baseball
John Jones Manhunter From Mars / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Samachson
- Pencils:
- Joe Certa
- Inks:
- Joe Certa
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'Onn J'Onzz]; Trigger Tom Taylor; Brad Devon; Big Bob Michaels; Lt. Saunders
- Synopsis:
- Brad Devon and his mob try to blackmail a rookie pitcher to throw his first major-league game.
- Reprints:
-
in Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 ? series) #42 (Circa 1968-1970 Reasonably certain this is 1968) - in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #176 (June 1968)
-
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #3/1969 (8 Februar 1969) - in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #226 (November-December 1974)
- in Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([July] 2007)
-
- Keywords:
- baseball
Indexer Notes
Script attributed by Rich Morrissey to Jack Miller. Current credit is from Showcase presents the Martian Manhunter vol 1.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Batman and Robin -
1.
When Batman Was Robin
Batman and Robin -
2.
[no title indexed]
Casey the Cop -
3.
Roy Raymond -- Super Athlete!
Roy Raymond TV Detective -
4.
How a Nation is Born
-
5.
Sleuth on the Sawdust Trail
-
6.
The Case of the Magic Baseball
John Jones Manhunter From Mars
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