Detective Comics #252

(February 1958)

The Creature from the Green Lagoon (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Dave Wood

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane]

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tod Martin (intro, villain)

Synopsis:

A film producer friend of Batman's on Skull Island sends for the Dynamic Duo and shows them a set he has built for a movie in production....a wall to keep out a creature that is wrecking his production equipment and preventing the movie from being completed for some unknown reason.

Reprints:

• in Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #6 (Winter 1963-'64)
• in Batman in the Fifties (DC, 2002 series) #[nn] ([April] 2002)
• in DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (DC, 2009 series) #2 ([August] 2010)

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-18-07.

["Hmm--"] (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

Characters:

Casey the Cop

[Ownership, Management, and Circulation of Detective Comics] (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

J.S. Liebowitz

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement for October 1, 1957.

The Flushing Remonstrance (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff ?

Pencils:

Bob Brown

Inks:

Bob Brown

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

The Menace of the Super Weapons (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jack Miller

Pencils:

Joe Certa

Inks:

Joe Certa

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting); Waldo Wilson (intro, villain)

Synopsis:

Manunter is helpless to stop Waldo Wilson's super weapons.

Reprints:

• in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #23 (August 1958)
• in Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([July] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Script credit from the index to the Artima reprint.

Danger Trail (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

["The Commissioner is visiting our prison tomorrow."] (Table of Contents)

Warden Willis / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Warden Willis; Commissioner

The Undersea City (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-mystery

Characters:

Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); Horace Wakely (intro)

Reprints:

• in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #23 (August 1958)

["I did not say that!"] (Table of Contents)

Jail Jests / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Spike; Schultz