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Issue Details

Issue #269
Published July 1959
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jack Schiff; Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)

Cover Details - "The 1,000 Deaths of Batman and Robin!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye

1 page Buzzy public service announcement "Be Sure of Your Facts!"

Genre TEEN
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer
Letters Gaspar Saladino

11 page Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder story "The Thousand Deaths of Batman!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Green Hood Mob [Haley] (intro, villain); The Big Guy (intro, villain); The Director (intro, villain)
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Charles Paris

2 page Warden Willis filler "What a nice, clean kitchen!"

Characters Warden Willis; 1207
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

5 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The Menace of the Magnetic Meteorite!"

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

Half page Casey the Cop filler "A radio playing at this time of night in the warehouse?"

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

1 page text story "Make-Believe Bandit"

Letters typeset

5 page John Jones Manhunter from Mars story "The Man Who Exposed John Jones"

Characters Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting); Jeff Hoyt (intro, villain)
Synopsis A former film executive is operating a blackmail racker and he thinks he can blackmail Detective Jones with proof he is a Martian.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Miller ?
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa
Notes writer id by Bob Hughes 12/08
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1

1 page Mistaken Identity! filler