Detective Comics
#290
(April 1961)
DC,
1937 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1961-02-28
- 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.
Robin's Robot
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; "Gadgets" Blore (intro, villain); Hank (intro, villain); Red (intro, villain); Robin robot (intro)
- Reprints
-
in Super DC (Thorpe & Porter, 1969 series) #7 -
in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #28 ([November 1961])
-
[no title indexed]
Strange Old Laws / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm not going to break the law.
- Genre
- humor; non-fiction
The Curse of King Neptune
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); Dirk Cranshaw (intro, villain); Sam Wade (intro, villain)
- Reprints
- in The Hundred Plus Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 ? series) #58 ([July 1961])
-
in Johnny Speed (Arédit-Artima, 1964 series) #7 (janvier 1965) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
-
[no title indexed]
Lefty Looie / 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
- Nothing to look at but bare walls!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Lefty Looie
[no title indexed]
O'Malley of the 4th Precinct / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boy! Today sure is a scorcher, O'Malley!
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery
- Characters
- O'Malley of the 4th Precinct; Sarge
- Reprints
-
from Big Town (DC, 1951 series) #9 (September 1951)
-
Lights, Camera-- and Doom
John Jones Manhunter from Mars / comic story / 6.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Diane Meade (supporting); Mr. Scobey (intro, villain); Peters
- Synopsis
- Someone is sabotaging a movie production and Diane is hired as a stunt girl to flush them out. Martian Manhunter makes sure she is safe without her knowledge.
- Reprints
- in The Hundred Plus Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 ? series) #58 ([July 1961])
- 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.
Robin's Robot!
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
1.
[no title indexed]
Honor House Prod. Corp. -
2.
Robin's Robot
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder -
3.
["This famous symbol is your guarantee..."]
World's Finest Comics; Batman -
4.
["I'm not going to break the law."]
Strange Old Laws -
5.
A Salute to Our American Indians!
-
6.
Here It Is
Justice League of America -
7.
The Curse of King Neptune
Roy Raymond TV Detective -
8.
["Nothing to look at but bare walls!"]
Lefty Looie -
9.
["Boy! Today sure is a scorcher, O'Malley!"]
O'Malley of the 4th Precinct -
10.
[no title indexed]
Zenith Company -
11.
Alibi in the Ashes
-
12.
Lights, Camera-- and Doom
John Jones Manhunter from Mars -
13.
Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!
House of Secrets; Tales of the Unexpected; House of Mystery -
14.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
15.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
16.
[no title indexed]
American Seed Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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