Detective Comics
#241
(March 1957)
DC,
1937 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1957-01-20
- 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 (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Rainbow Batman!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Reprints
-
in Batman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) ([November] 2021)
-
- Keywords
- Bat Signal; Bat-Cave
[no title indexed]
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Rainbow Batman
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon (cameo); Alfred Pennyworth (cameo); Marion Marley (movie starlet); unnamed thieves (villains)
- Synopsis
- A freak accident to Dick Grayson forces Batman into the uncomfortable position of having to wear different colors of Batman uniforms to keep people from noticing the injury also affects Robin the Boy Wonder!
- Reprints
- in Batman (DC, 1940 series) #182 (July-August 1966)
- in Batman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) ([November] 2021)
-
- Keywords
- Bat-Cave; Bat-Signal
Buzzy's Special Brotherhood Week Quiz
Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy; teen
- Characters
- Buzzy Brown
The Man Who Couldn't Touch Ground
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; Karen; Commissioner Jameson
- Reprints
-
in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #9 ([June 1957] ?)
-
Jim and Betty Solve the "Flying Saucer" Mystery!
Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ray Thompson (signed as R. T.)
- Inks
- Ray Thompson (signed as R. T.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- ?
Indexer Notes
Sold by Wilson Chemical Co.
[no title indexed]
Casey the Cop / 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
- So you won't tell us a thing, eh?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casey the Cop; Butch
They Fight Frauds
text story / 1.75 pages
- Script
- Jack Miller (credited as Jack McCoy)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
[Ownership, Management, and Circulation of Detective Comics]
statement of ownership / 0.25 page
- Script
- Jack Liebowitz
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Statement for October 1, 1956.
The Impossible Manhunt!
John Jones Manhunter from Mars / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz] [aka John Jones]; Captain Harding; Roger Jones; Firebug Smith [Jasper Craig] (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- An arsonist is targeting any business owned by anyone named Jones, so John Jones opens an art gallery to catch the criminal.
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([September] 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
Script identification by Bob Hughes.
Mickey Mantle Goes to Bat for "Billy Bikeless"
Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Rainbow Batman!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
1.
[no title indexed]
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System -
2.
The Rainbow Batman
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
3.
[no title indexed]
100 Toy Pirates -
4.
Buzzy's Special Brotherhood Week Quiz
Buzzy -
5.
The Man Who Couldn't Touch Ground
Roy Raymond TV Detective -
6.
Jim and Betty Solve the "Flying Saucer" Mystery!
Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve -
7.
["So you won't tell us a thing, eh?"]
Casey the Cop -
8.
They Fight Frauds
-
9.
[Ownership, Management, and Circulation of Detective Comics]
-
10.
The Impossible Manhunt!
John Jones Manhunter from Mars -
11.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes -
12.
[no title indexed]
Zenith Stamps -
13.
Mickey Mantle Goes to Bat for "Billy Bikeless"
Junior Sales Club of America Cards -
14.
[no title indexed]
American Seeds
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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