Detective Comics #242

(April 1957)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Underworld Bat-Cave (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth; Brainy Walker (villain, intrduction); Trigger Turner (villain, introduction); Rackets Reed (villain, introduction)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Buzzy Learns About Careers in Nursing (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Jack Schiff ?

Pencils

Ruben Moreira

Inks

Ruben Moreira

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; teen

Characters

Buzzy Brown

The Man Who Could Make Money (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Ruben Moreira (signed)

Inks

Ruben Moreira (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Roy Raymond; Karen; Casper Creed (villain, introduction)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Warden Willis / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Prisoner escaped!

Genre

humor

Characters

Warden Willis

Trap for a Smuggler (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Now are you sure it will be allright, Casey?

Genre

humor

Characters

Casey the Cop; Sarge; Commissioner

Reprints

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #163 (April 1951)

Did You Enter the Superman DC National Comics Slogan Contest? (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

The Thirty Fathom Sleuth (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

Jack Miller ?

Pencils

Joe Certa

Inks

Joe Certa

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz; aka John Jones]; Captain Harding; Jack Platter (villain, introduction); Larry "Nitro" Bates (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

The Martian Manhunter stops a pair of underwater safe-crackers.

Reprints

• in Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([September] 2007)

Indexer Notes

writer credit by Bob Hughes

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100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

The National Sports Council / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Mickey Mantle Goes to Bat for "Dick Butterfingers" (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)