(June 1959)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Comics Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- Superman DC National Comics
- Editing:
- Jack Schiff; Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)
- 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
The Power That Doomed Batman
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 11.66 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bill Finger
- Pencils:
- Sheldon Moldoff
- Inks:
- Charles Paris
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Big Joe Foster (introduction, villain); Pete Kulik (introduction, villain); Professor Blake
- Synopsis:
- Batman takes up a plane on an experimental flight, and, after crossing the path of a strange comet, lands, revealing Batman with a strange glow....and super powers to boot. The Dynamic Duo race against the clock to find a cure before the glow dies away....along with Batman's life!
- Reprints:
-
in Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #5 (Summer 1963) -
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #15/1967 (29.Juli 1967) - in DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (DC, 2009 series) #2 ([August] 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-3-07.
Fred Finds a Way!
public service announcement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Schiff
- Pencils:
- Bernard Baily
- Inks:
- Bernard Baily
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ira Schnapp
["Take the new prisoner to cell block four!"]
Warden Willis / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Warden Willis
Mystery of the Mercurian Masquerader
Roy Raymond TV Detective / comic story / 6.66 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Ruben Moreira
- Inks:
- Ruben Moreira
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- detective-mystery
- Characters:
- Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); a crook [as the Mercurian D'Lor] (introduction, villain)
Strange Guests in Room 1610
text article / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- detective-mystery
The Mixed-Up Martian Powers
John Jones Manhunter from Mars / comic story / 5.66 pages
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]; a crook (introduction, villain); Officer Slade
- Synopsis:
- A strange meteor switches all of the Manhunter's powers around.
- Reprints:
- in Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([July] 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
script credit from Bob Hughes, December 2008
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Power That Doomed Batman!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
1.
The Power That Doomed Batman
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
2.
Fred Finds a Way!
-
3.
["Take the new prisoner to cell block four!"]
Warden Willis -
4.
Mystery of the Mercurian Masquerader
Roy Raymond TV Detective -
5.
Strange Guests in Room 1610
-
6.
The Mixed-Up Martian Powers
John Jones Manhunter from Mars
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