Detective Comics
#272
(October 1959)
DC,
1937 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1959-08-25
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Jack Schiff; Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Crystal Creature
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon (supporting); Black Patch (intro, villain); The Crystal Creature (intro, villain)
[no title indexed]
Warden Willis / 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
- Look at this!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Warden Willis; 7011
- Reprints
-
in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #153 (November 1965) which is reprinted -
in Lynet (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1967 series) #10/1967 ([oktober] 1967)
-
Roy Raymond's Fantastic Powers
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)
- Reprints
-
in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #55 (1961) - in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #36 (1978) [N&B [B&W]]
-
[no title indexed]
Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Stop! You're under arrest!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casey the Cop; Sarge
- Reprints
- in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #334 (December 1964) which is reprinted
-
in Law Curios!
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; history
- Reprints
- from Gang Busters (DC, 1947 series) #27 (April-May 1952) [condensed]
-
The Super-Sleuth's Bodyguard
John Jones Manhunter from Mars / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting); Willie Harper (intro, villain); Mike Hanson
- Synopsis
- Because Jones has to testify in an important case, Harding assigns him a bodyguard.
- Reprints
- in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #55 (1961)
- in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #37 (1978) [N&B [B&W]]
- in Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([September] 2007)
-
Indexer Notes
writer credit by Bob Hughes
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Menace of the Crystal Creature!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
1.
Draw Me
Art Instruction, Inc. -
2.
The Crystal Creature
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
3.
[no title indexed]
Colorfoto -
4.
[no title indexed]
Frontier Cabin -
5.
It's Fun to Learn!
-
6.
["Look at this!"]
Warden Willis -
7.
Roy Raymond's Fantastic Powers
Roy Raymond TV Detective -
8.
["Stop! You're under arrest!"]
Casey the Cop -
9.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park -
10.
Law Curios!
-
11.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Co. -
12.
Blind Eyewitness
-
13.
The Super-Sleuth's Bodyguard
John Jones Manhunter from Mars -
14.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
15.
[no title indexed]
Garcelon Stamp Co. -
16.
[no title indexed]
Charles Atlas -
17.
[no title indexed]
Midwest Card Company
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Adam Spector
- Jim Van Dore
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