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Issue Details

Issue	#268
Published	June 1959
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Jack Schiff; Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)

Cover Details - "The Power That Doomed Batman"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye

11 page Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder story "The Power That Doomed Batman"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Big Joe Foster (intro, villain); Pete Kulik (intro, villain); Professor Blake
Synopsis	Batman takes up a plane on an experimental flight, and, after crossing the path of a strange comet, lands, revealing Batman with a strange glow....and super powers to boot. The Dynamic Duo race against the clock to find a cure before the glow dies away....along with Batman's life!
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Charles Paris
Notes	Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-3-07.
Reprinted	in Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #5 (Summer 1963)

1 page public service announcement "Fred Finds a Way!"

Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Bernard Baily
Inks	Bernard Baily
Letters	Ira Schnapp

1 page Warden Willis filler "Take the new prisoner to cell block four!"

Characters	Warden Willis
Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

6 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "Mystery of the Mercurian Masquerader"

Characters	Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); a crook [as the Mercurian D'Lor] (intro, villain)
Genre	detective
Pencils	Ruben Moreira
Inks	Ruben Moreira

1 page text article "Strange Guests in Room 1610"

Genre	mystery
Letters	typeset

5 page John Jones Manhunter from Mars story "The Mixed-Up Martian Powers"

Characters	Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; a crook (intro, villain); Officer Slade
Synopsis	A strange meteor switches all of the Manhunter's powers around.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Miller ?
Pencils	Joe Certa
Inks	Joe Certa
Notes	writer id by Bob Hughes 12/08
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1