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Issue Details

Issue #242
Published April 1957
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "The Underworld Bat-Cave!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Brainy Walker (villain); Trigger Turner (villain); Rackets Reed (villain)
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff

12 page Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder story "The Underworld Bat-Cave"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon (supporting); Alfred Pennyworth (supporting); Brainy Walker (intro, villain); Trigger Turner (intro, villain); Rackets Reed (intro, villain)
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Charles Paris

1 page Buzzy public service announcement "Careers in Nursing"

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

6 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The Man Who Could Make Money"

Characters Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); Casper Creed (intro, villain)
Genre detective
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira

1 page Warden Willis filler "Prisoner escaped!"

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

1 page text article "Trap For a Smuggler"

Letters typeset

Half page Casey the Cop filler "Now are you sure it will be allright, Case!?"

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

6 page John Jones Manhunter from Mars story "The Thirty Fathom Sleuth"

Characters Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting); Jack Platter (intro, villain); Larry "Nitro" Bates (intro, villain)
Genre superhero
Script Jack Miller ?
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa
Notes writer id by Bob Hughes 6/09
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1