Detective Comics
#224
(October 1955)
DC,
1937 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1955-08-28
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth
The Batman Machine!
Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer; Dick Sprang (Batman Machine figure only)
- Inks
- Win Mortimer; Dick Sprang (Batman Machine figure only)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp (sourced)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Batman Machine
- Reprints
-
in Läderlappen (Centerförlaget, 1956 series) #5/1957 -
in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #29 (1 de junio de 1956)
-
Indexer Notes
Inker credit revised and verified by Craig Delich. We formerly credited George Roussos as the main inker.
Draw Bob Hope!
Art Instruction, Inc. courses / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Batman Machine
Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages
- Feature Logo
- Batman with Robin, the Boy Wonder
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Batman Machine
- Reprints
- in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #29 (1 de junio de 1956), #986 (2 de agosto de 1979)
-
Indexer Notes
Inker credit verified by Craig Delich.
[no title indexed]
Schwinn Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for new Schwinn American bike.
Buzzy Asks: "What Are You Getting Out of School?"
Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; teen
- Characters
- Buzzy Brown
The Captain Who Went Berserk
Captain Compass / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Captain Mark Compass
- Reprints
- in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #29 (1 de junio de 1956)
-
in Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #13 ([June 1957] ?)
-
[no title indexed]
Movie Mirth / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, Spike, you've paid your debt to society!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
-
from Feature Films Magazine (DC, 1950 series) #2 (May-June 1950) - in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #29 (1 de junio de 1956)
-
"Wings" Winchester Stops a Robbery
Winchester Roller Skates / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page
- Genre
- adventure
[no title indexed]
Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here, sonny, give me your hand...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casey the Cop
- Reprints
- in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #29 (1 de junio de 1956)
- in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #129 (February 1960) which is reprinted
- in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #86 (15 de diciembre de 1960)
- in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #349 (March 1966)
-
The Lamp That Could Change People!
Roy Raymond TV Detective / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ruben Moreira (signed)
- Inks
- Ruben Moreira (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Roy Raymond
- Reprints
- in Batman (Editorial Novaro, 1954 series) #29 (1 de junio de 1956)
-
Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone
Frontier Fighters; The Legends of Daniel Boone; Tomahawk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
[no title indexed]
Hollywood Bride Walking Doll / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Sold by Niresk Industries, Inc.
Inside back cover.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll; Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 1 page
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Fudge; Tootsie Roll Pop
Indexer Notes
Tootsie Roll Fudge flavors are coconut and chocolate, and a Tootsie Roll Caramel is also advertised.
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Batman Machine!
Batman and Robin -
1.
Draw Bob Hope!
Art Instruction, Inc. courses -
2.
The Batman Machine
Batman and Robin -
3.
[no title indexed]
Schwinn Bicycles -
4.
Buzzy Asks: "What Are You Getting Out of School?"
Buzzy -
5.
The Captain Who Went Berserk
Captain Compass -
6.
["Well, Spike, you've paid your debt to society!"]
Movie Mirth -
7.
"Wings" Winchester Stops a Robbery
Winchester Roller Skates -
8.
["Here, sonny, give me your hand..."]
Casey the Cop -
9.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns -
10.
Catching the Coin Counterfeiters
-
11.
The Lamp That Could Change People!
Roy Raymond TV Detective -
12.
Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone
Frontier Fighters; The Legends of Daniel Boone; Tomahawk -
13.
[no title indexed]
Artistic Greeting Cards -
14.
[no title indexed]
Hollywood Bride Walking Doll -
15.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll; Tootsie [all other candies]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Craig Delich
- Merlin Haas
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Donald Dale Milne
- Matthew Peets
- Per Sandell
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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