(January 2001)
DC,
2001 Series
- Price:
- 2.50 USD; 3.95 CAD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics
- Brand:
- DC Comics Millennium Edition
- Barcode:
- 76194122784900111
- Editing:
- Jack Schiff (original); Adam Philips (collected edition); Nick J. Napolitano (associate, collected edition)
- Format:
- Standard Color Comic; Saddle Stitched; One-Shot.
Issue Notes
Does not include the Buzzy PSA from Detective Comics #225.
DC Introduces the First Hero of the Silver Age
Batman / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Winslow Mortimer
- Inks:
- Winslow Mortimer
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
-
from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #225 (November 1955)
-
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Detective Comics #225 J'onn J'onzz Comes to Earth
Remembering the Millennium / text article / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Robert Greenberger
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- non-fiction
- Synopsis:
- Discusses the changes in comics of the 1950s and the creation of the Martian Manhunter.
Indexer Notes
Printed on inside front and back covers.
If I Were Batman
Batman / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils:
- Sheldon Moldoff
- Inks:
- Charles Paris
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; John Farrow; Martin Mayne; Commissioner Jim Gordon
- Synopsis:
- Batman must keep John Farrow in prison while letting other men play Batman for a day.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #225 (November 1955)
-
The Money That Came to Life!
Roy Raymond TV Detective / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Miller
- Pencils:
- Ruben Moreira
- Inks:
- Ruben Moreira
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- detective-mystery
- Characters:
- Roy Raymond; Karen; Dr. John R. Rodgers; Albert Martin; Sam Dales; Harry; Jane
- Synopsis:
- A secretary who swindled a fortune from its rightful heirs believes himself haunted by the very money itself.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #225 (November 1955)
-
["Hmm - this gym must be new around here!"]
Casey the Cop / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Casey the Cop
- Synopsis:
- Casey responds to a cry for help from inside a gym.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #225 (November 1955)
-
[Borrowing Money]
Varsity Vic / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Varsity Vic
- Synopsis:
- Vic wonders why his friend Bill never has any money.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #225 (November 1955)
-
Four Tricks of the Detective's Trade
text article / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Miller
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- non-fiction
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #225 (November 1955)
-
Indexer Notes
Factual text piece on methods detectives employ.
The Strange Experiement of Dr. Erdel
John Jones, Manhunter from Mars / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Samachson
- Pencils:
- Joe Certa
- Inks:
- Joe Certa
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- John Jones; Dr. Mark Erdel
- Synopsis:
- A scientific experiment brings a Martian to Earth and he takes on the life of a detective.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #225 (November 1955)
-
Indexer Notes
Script (only) attributed to Jack Miller by Rich Morrissey, but disputed by Bob Hughes. Samachson is current DC credit, as seen in Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1.
[Rainy Beach Weather]
Homer / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Homer
- Synopsis:
- Homer finds the best time to hit the beach.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #225 (November 1955)
-
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
DC Introduces the First Hero of the Silver Age
Batman -
1.
Detective Comics #225 J'onn J'onzz Comes to Earth
Remembering the Millennium -
2.
If I Were Batman
Batman -
3.
The Money That Came to Life!
Roy Raymond TV Detective -
4.
["Hmm - this gym must be new around here!"]
Casey the Cop -
5.
[Borrowing Money]
Varsity Vic -
6.
Four Tricks of the Detective's Trade
-
7.
The Strange Experiement of Dr. Erdel
John Jones, Manhunter from Mars -
8.
[Rainy Beach Weather]
Homer
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