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Issue Details

Issue #225
Published November 1955
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "If I Were Batman"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin
Genre superhero
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer
Reprinted in DC Silver Age Classics Detective Comics 225 (DC, 1992 series) #nn; in Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 (DC, 2001 series) #nn

12 page Batman and Robin story "If I Were Batman"

Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Charles Paris
Reprinted in DC Silver Age Classics Detective Comics 225 (DC, 1992 series) #nn; in Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 (DC, 2001 series) #nn

1 page Buzzy public service announcement "Do You Know Your Neighbors?"

Genre Teen
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer
Letters Ira Schnapp

6 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The Money That Came to Life!"

Genre detective
Script Jack Miller
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira
Reprinted in DC Silver Age Classics Detective Comics 225 (DC, 1992 series) #nn; in Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 (DC, 2001 series) #nn

Half page Casey the Cop filler

Synopsis Casey responds to a cry for help from inside a gym.
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Reprinted in Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 (DC, 2001 series) #nn

Half page Varsity Vic filler

Synopsis Vic wonders why his friend Bill never has any money.
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Reprinted in Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 (DC, 2001 series) #nn

2 page text article "Four Tricks of the Detective's Trade"

Script Jack Miller
Reprinted in Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 (DC, 2001 series) #nn

6 page John Jones Manhunter From Mars story "The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel"

Characters Martian Manhunter (John Jones, J'onn J'onzz),(introduction; origin); Dr. Mark Erdel (introduction; death); Lt. Saunders
Synopsis A scientist builds a robot brain which teleports a Martian to Earth. After the scientist dies the Martian is trapped here, so he decides to become a police detective.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa
Notes Script attributed by Rich Morrissey to Jack Miller. Current credit from Showcase presents the Martian Manhunter.
Reprinted in Mysteries in Space: The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1980 series) #nn (October 1980); in Secret Origins (DC, 1961 series) #1 (Summer 1961); in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #175 (May 1968); in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #226 (November-December 1974); in DC Silver Age Classics Detective Comics 225 (DC, 1992 series) #nn; in Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 (DC, 2001 series) #nn; in Secret Origins Replica Edition (DC, 1998 series) #1; Showcase Presents the Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1.

Half page Homer filler

Synopsis Homer finds the best time to hit the beach.
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Reprinted in Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 (DC, 2001 series) #nn