Detective Comics #228

(February 1956)

The Outlaw Batman (Table of Contents)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Kane

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

Artist credits revised and verified by Craig Delich (Nov. 2005). Pencil credit previously given to Sheldon Moldoff and inker credit given to Stan Kaye?

Do You Know How to Be a Good Baby-Sitter? (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Win Mortimer

Inks:

Win Mortimer

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

teen

The Machine That Captured the Past (Table of Contents)

Roy Raymond TV Detective / comic story / 5.66 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ruben Moreira

Inks:

Ruben Moreira

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Shorty / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Casey the Cop / filler / 0.66 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

How to Read Fingerprints (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Miller

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Escape to the Stars (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Dave Wood

Pencils:

Joe Certa

Inks:

Joe Certa

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'Onn J'Onzz]; Captain Harding (intro); Alex Dunster; Professor Urdle (flashback; cameo)

Synopsis:

John Jones discovers that Alex Dunster, who acquires and sells scientific and technical items of great value, has gotten hold of the machine that Prof. Erdel used to bring J'onn J'onzz from Mars. Jones realizes that if he uses the machine to return to Mars, however, Dunster would be free to continue his criminal ways. So Jones confronts Dunster, but Dunster destroys the machine before surrendering.

Reprints:

• in The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told (DC, 1990 series) #[nn] ([October] 1990)
• in The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told (DC, 1992 series) #[nn] (1992)
• in Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([July] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Reprint information from Ted Watson on 27 October 2004. Manhunter first uses his powers to see through walls.