Detective Comics
#281
(July 1960)
DC,
1937 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1960-05-26
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Jack Schiff; Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Batman, Robot!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman robot; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
-
in Baticomic (Editorial Novaro, 1968 series) #27 (1 de septiembre de 1969)
-
Buzzy Says: "Free Speech-- Free for All!"
Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; teen
- Characters
- Buzzy
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Batman, Robot
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12.67 pages
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff (credited as Bob Kane)
- Inks
- Charles Paris (credited as Bob Kane)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Night Owl Gang [Number One [Eddie Chill]; Number Two [Wedge Dixon]; Petey] (intro, villain); The Gorman Gang (intro, villain); Batman robot (intro)
- Synopsis
- Batman is lured into a trap and supposedly dies in an explosion. Batman appears to be replaced by a robot. Although Robin pretends to believe it, he actually knows that the Caped Crusader is laying his own trap for a wanted felon.
- Reprints
-
in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #182 (July-August 1966) -
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #12/1967 (17. Juni 1967) - in Baticomic (Editorial Novaro, 1968 series) #27 (1 de septiembre de 1969)
-
[no title indexed]
Jail Jests / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ow - Have I got a toothache!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Baticomic (Editorial Novaro, 1968 series) #27 (1 de septiembre de 1969)
-
The Girl Who Became a Sorceress
Roy Raymond TV Detective / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); Mazar (intro, villain)
- Reprints
-
in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #51 (1960) - in Baticomic (Editorial Novaro, 1968 series) #27 (1 de septiembre de 1969)
-
[no title indexed]
Strange Laws / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I told you not to pass that red light!
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
- Reprints
- in Baticomic (Editorial Novaro, 1968 series) #27 (1 de septiembre de 1969)
- in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #445 (February-March 1975)
-
The Menace of Marsville
John Jones Manhunter from Mars / comic story / 6.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting)
- Synopsis
- Manhunter builds a replica of Mars in the City Park. There Earthmen have super powers and Martians don't, much to the delight of an unnamed gang or criminals.
- Reprints
- in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #51 (1960)
- in Baticomic (Editorial Novaro, 1968 series) #27 (1 de septiembre de 1969)
- in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #28 (1976) [N&B [B&W]]
- in Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([September] 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
writer credit by Bob Hughes
[no title indexed]
Crime and Punishment / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Studies by the Italian criminologist, Lombroso...
- Genre
- non-fiction; crime
- Reprints
- from Gang Busters (DC, 1947 series) #23 (August-September 1951) [reformatted and reduced]
-
[no title indexed]
Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Casey, did you hear about the nice raise I got last week?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casey the Cop; W. T. Jones
- Reprints
- from Gang Busters (DC, 1947 series) #48 (October-November 1955) [condensed]
- in Baticomic (Editorial Novaro, 1968 series) #27 (1 de septiembre de 1969)
-
in Lynvingen (Semic, 1977 series) #7/1979 (uke 27 1979)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Batman, Robot!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
1.
Buzzy Says: "Free Speech-- Free for All!"
Buzzy -
2.
Batman, Robot
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
3.
["This famous symbol..."]
Batman; World's Finest Comics -
4.
["Ow - Have I got a toothache!"]
Jail Jests -
5.
This Is It!
Green Lantern -
6.
The Girl Who Became a Sorceress
Roy Raymond TV Detective -
7.
Untimely Alibi
-
8.
["I told you not to pass that red light!"]
Strange Laws -
9.
The Menace of Marsville
John Jones Manhunter from Mars -
10.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park -
11.
["Studies by the Italian criminologist, Lombroso..."]
Crime and Punishment -
12.
["Casey, did you hear about the nice raise I got last week?"]
Casey the Cop -
13.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
14.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
15.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Craig Delich
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Adam Spector
- Jim Van Dore
- John Wells
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