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Issue Details

Issue #265
Published March 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 First Case!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Clock [Kyle] (villain)
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye

11 page Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder story "Batman's First Case"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne] (origin); Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Clock [Kyle] (intro, villain); Joe Chill (cameo, flashback); Thomas Wayne (cameo, flashback); Martha Wayne (cameo, flashback)
Synopsis The sudden appearance of a new criminal basing his crime on time jogs Batman's memory into remembering that this criminal was his very first case after his parents were killed, and if the Clock has his way, the current case aginst him will be the Caped Crusader's last!
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Charles Paris
Notes Batman's first case with origin re-cap. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-23-07. [Oddity: This story in its story-telling and sequences used, is identical to that from the Robin vs. the Clock story found in Star-Spangled Comics #74, November, 1947.]
Reprinted In Batman (DC, 1940 series) #187 (December 1966-January 1967).

Half page filler "Canine Teachers!"

Genre humor

1 page public service announcement "The Family Favorite!"

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

5 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The Menace of the Deadly Lights!"

Characters Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); Thorgsen (intro, villain); President Valdes (intro)
Genre detective
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira

1 page Casey the Cop filler "I finally caught you, Muggsy!"

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

1 page text story "Fingerprints of Guilt"

Genre crime
Letters typeset

5 page John Jones Manhunter from Mars story "The Fantastic Human Falcon"

Characters Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting); The Human Falcon (intro, villain)
Genre superhero
Script Jack Miller ?
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa
Notes writer id by Bob Hughes 12/08
Reprinted n Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1