Detective Comics #235

(September 1956)

The First Batman (Table of Contents)

Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane] (signed)

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Dr. Thomas Wayne (cameo, flashback); Martha Wayne (cameo, flashback); Lew Moxon (villain, introduction, death); Joey Chill (villain, death)

Synopsis:

The discovery of an old Batman-type costume in Bruce Wayne's attic re-opens the Wayne murder case, and helps him realize that Joey Chill had ONLY been hired to kill his parents....and the real man responsible was still alive and free.

Reprinted:

• in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #255 (March-April 1974)
• in Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #4 (Winter 1963)
• in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #2
• in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1988 series) #nn [1]
• in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1989 series) #nn [1]
• in Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, The (Warner Books, 1989 series) #nn
• in Super-Team (Epix, 1992 series) #6/1992
• in Läderlappen (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #7/1975
• in Batman: The Black Casebook (DC, 2009 series) #[nn]
• in DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (DC, 2009 series) #2 ([August] 2010)

Indexer Notes

Origin re-cap in this issue.

["Good morning."] (Table of Contents)

Casey the Cop / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

gag

Characters:

Casey the Cop

The Hour of Hoaxes (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ruben Moreira

Inks:

Ruben Moreira

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); a spy (intro, villain)

The Big Dance (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff?

Letters:

typeset

The Black Museum (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (illustration)

Inks:

? (illustration)

Colors:

? (illustration)

Letters:

typeset

The World's Greatest Magician (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 (supporting); The Phantom Thief [Jojo] (intro, villain); Daro; Zodak

Synopsis:

Jones becomes a circus magician in order to smoke out a thief.

Reprinted:

• in Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1

Indexer Notes

writer id by Bob Hughes 5/09