Detective Comics
#252
(February 1958)
DC,
1937 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1957-12-22
- 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 Creature from the Green Lagoon!
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)
-
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Creature from the Green Lagoon
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Dave Wood
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Bob Kane)
- Inks
- Charles Paris
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Cory Blane (film producer); Professor Carter (technical producer); Charles Devon (big-game hunter, technical producer); Tod Martin (villain, Blane's assistant, introduction); Locto (mechanical creature, villain, death)
- Synopsis
- A film producer friend of Batman's on Skull Island sends for the Dynamic Duo and shows them a set he has built for a movie in production...a wall to keep out a creature that is wrecking his production equipment and preventing the movie from being completed for some unknown reason.
- Reprints
- in Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #6 (Winter 1963-1964)
- in Batman in the Fifties (DC, 2002 series) ([June] 2002)
- in DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (DC, 2009 series) #2 ([October] 2010)
- in Batman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) ([November] 2021)
-
- Keywords
- Bat-Plane; Graveyard Beach; Green Lagoon; Skull Island
You've Got a Comet by the Tail
Mystery in Space; Space Adventures / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
House ad for Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #42 and Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #89, with cover repros.
[no title indexed]
Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Umm-- My wife put this string on my finger...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casey the Cop
[Ownership, Management, and Circulation of Detective Comics]
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Script
- Jack Liebowitz
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Statement for October 1, 1957.
The Menace of the Super Weapons
John Jones Manhunter from Mars / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting); Waldo Wilson (intro, villain)
- Synopsis
- Manhunter is helpless to stop Waldo Wilson's super weapons.
- Reprints
-
in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #23 (August 1958) - in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #11 (1973) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([September] 2007)
-
[no title indexed]
Warden Willis / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Commissioner is visiting our prison tomorrow.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Warden Willis; Commissioner
- Reprints
- in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #21 (June 1958)
-
The Undersea City
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 (supporting); Horace Wakely (intro)
- Reprints
-
in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #22 ([July 1958]) - in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #23 (August 1958)
- in Mammoth Annual (K. G. Murray, 1959 ? series) #1
- in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #11 (1973) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
[no title indexed]
Jail Jests / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I did not say that!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Spike; Schultz
- Reprints
- in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #21 (June 1958)
-
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Magic Magnifier Helps Betty & Jim Solve Big "Jewel Mystery!"
Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 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.
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Creature from the Green Lagoon!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
1.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
2.
The Creature from the Green Lagoon
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
3.
You've Got a Comet by the Tail
Mystery in Space; Space Adventures -
4.
["Umm-- My wife put this string on my finger..."]
Casey the Cop -
5.
[Ownership, Management, and Circulation of Detective Comics]
-
6.
The Flushing Remonstrance
-
7.
The Menace of the Super Weapons
John Jones Manhunter from Mars -
8.
Danger Trail
-
9.
["The Commissioner is visiting our prison tomorrow."]
Warden Willis -
10.
The Undersea City
Roy Raymond TV Detective -
11.
[no title indexed]
Littleton Stamps -
12.
["I did not say that!"]
Jail Jests -
13.
[no title indexed]
100 Toy Soldiers -
14.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes -
15.
Magic Magnifier Helps Betty & Jim Solve Big "Jewel Mystery!"
Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Craig Delich
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Katy Hayhurst
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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