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Issue Details

Issue #246
Published August 1957
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "The Murder at Mystery Castle!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff

12 page Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder story "Murder at Mystery Castle"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Robert Cray (intro, villain); Jay Sonderson (intro, villain)
Synopsis The murder of John Barham in his own castle that he had dis-assembled in Europe and re-built in America draws the Caped Crusaders into a murder mystery that nearly costs them their lives.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Charles Paris
Letters Pat Gordon
Notes Lettering credit and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-17-07.
Reprinted In Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #6 (Winter 1964); in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #2

1 page public service announcement "Earn While You Learn!"

Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff?
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira
Letters Ira Schnapp

1 page Casey the Cop filler "Hmm-that window looks open!"

Characters Casey the Cop
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

6 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The Man With the Magic Camera"

Characters Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); Homer Woods (intro, villain); Mr. Walters (intro, villain)
Genre detective
Script Jack Miller
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira
Reprinted In Big Boy (Artima, 1956 series) #17 Feburary 1958

1 page Warden Willis filler "Slugs McSpade keeps very busy with his garden."

Characters Warden Willis; Slugs McSpade
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

Half page Casey the Cop filler "Quick! Give me a big juicy steak!"

Characters Casey the Cop
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page text story "A Counterfeiter Takes the Count"

Genre crime
Letters typeset

6 page John Jones Manhunter from Mars story "John Jones' Female Nemesis"

Characters Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting); Diane Meade (intro); Tiger Raffity (intro, villain); Morris (intro, villain); Scanlon (intro, villain)
Genre superhero
Script Jack Miller
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa
Notes writer id by Martin O'Hearn
Reprinted In Big Boy (Artima, 1956 series) #17 February 1958