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Issue Details

Issue #271
Published September 1959
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jack Schiff; Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)

Cover Details - "Batman's Armored Rival!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Crimson Knight [Dick Lyons] (villain)
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye

12 page Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder story "Batman's Armored Rival"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon (supporting); Crimson Knight [Dick Lyons] (intro, villain); Blinky (intro, villain)
Synopsis Batman and Robin are assisted by a new hero, the Crimson Knight. But whose side is the mystery man really on?
Genre superhero
Script Dave Wood
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff

1 page public service announcement "Water: A Good Friend or a Deadly Enemy -- Depending on You!"

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

Half page Casey the Cop filler "I'll take a look here to see if everything is all right."

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 Incredible Cave Creatures"

Characters Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting)
Genre detective
Script Jack Miller
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira

Half page filler "Safe Crackers!"

Genre fact
Pencils Morris Waldinger ?
Inks Morris Waldinger ?

Half page Law Oddities! filler "An ancient law stated that anyone causing the loss of..."

Genre fact
Pencils Morris Waldinger ?
Inks Morris Waldinger ?

1 page text article "Secret of the Singing Idol"

Letters typeset

5 page John Jones Manhunter from Mars story "The Lost Identity"

Characters Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz] (origin); Rocky Wheeler (intro, villain); The Hanshaw Gang (intro, villain); Dr. Erdel (cameo, flashback)
Synopsis Jones loses his ability to change to Earthman form
Genre superhero
Script Jack Miller
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa
Notes writer id by Martin O'Hearn
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1