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Issue Details

Issue #279
Published May 1960
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jack Schiff; Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)

Cover Details - "The Creatures That Stalked Batman!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff

12 page Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder story "The Creatures That Stalked Batman"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Gimlet [Ed Collins] (intro, villain); Prof. Martin; Ardello
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger ?
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Charles Paris

1 page Jail Jests filler "I'm going to study all these books to prove..."

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page public service announcement "What's Wrong with These Pictures?"

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

6 page John Jones Manhunter from Mars story "The Impossible Inventions"

Characters Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting); Willy Ward (intro, villain); Hiram Horner (crackpot inventor)
Synopsis Jones tries to capture Willy Ward but Hiram's inventions keep getting in his way.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Miller ?
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa
Notes writer id by Bob Hughes 5/09
Reprinted in Hundred Plus Comic, The (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #50; in Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1

1 page text article "Passage to Prison"

Letters typeset

6 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The Creature From the Sorcerer's Stone!"

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