Detective Comics #336

(February 1965)

Superboy Says: "Don't Give Fire a Place to Start!" (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; superhero

Characters

Superboy

Synopsis

Superboy puts out a fire at the Smallville Teen-Age Club which inspires them to start a project to educate people about fire prevention.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously published in DC comics cover-dated July 1954.

Batman's Bewitched Nightmare (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 14.34 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Joe Giella

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Witch (villain); The Outsider (voice only)

Synopsis

The Outsider uses The Witch to try and destroy Batman and Robin.

Reprints

• in Lynvingen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1966 series) #6/1968 ([juni] 1968)
• in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #439 (February-March 1974)
• in JLA: Zatanna's Search (DC, 2004 series) ([March] 2004)
• in Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives (DC, 2003 series) #2 ([August] 2006)
• in Showcase Presents: Batman (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([October] 2006)

Indexer Notes

In Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #51 it was revealed that the witch in this story was Zatanna in disguise.

Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff.

Story in two parts of 5.67 and 8.67 pages.

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

Green Lantern; The Flash / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Silly Putty / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Coming Your Way in '65 - The Greatest Superman Products Ever! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Superman / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Criminal Identification by Plastic Casts! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Julius Schwartz

Pencils

Morris Waldinger

Inks

Tom Nicolosi

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

One of the methods used by scientific detectives to apprehend criminals is the plastic cast record of telltale marks, prints and impressions found at the scene of a crime...

Genre

non-fiction; crime

Reprints

• in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #234 (August 1971)
which is reprinted
• in Batman Classics (Classics/Williams, 1970 series) #24 (1972)
• in Lynvingen (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #2/1972 ([mars ?] 1972)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Batman's Hot-Line / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

The House of "Flashy" Traps! (Table of Contents: 9)

The Elongated Man / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Carmine Infantino

Inks

Sid Greene

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese

Genre

superhero

Characters

Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Sue Dibny; Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris West; Mirror Master [Sam Scudder]

Reprints

• in Flash (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #29 (juillet 1976) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Showcase Presents: The Elongated Man (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([September] 2006)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils, inks and letters confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Splash page reprinted in Showcase Presents The Elongated Man (DC, 2006 series) #1 as cover.

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126 World War II Fighting G.I.'s and Commandos / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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80-Page Giant / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Hawkman; Justice League of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Build "Big Frankie" (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Aurora / advertisement / 1 page (report information)