Issue Details

Issue	#270
Published	August 1959
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Jack Schiff; Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)

Cover Details - "The Creature from Planet X!"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Creature From Planet X
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	Cover inspired by the cover of the July 1940 issue of Thrilling Wonder Stories.

11 page Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder story "The Creature from Planet X"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon (supporting); Bart Travers (intro, villain); Creature From Planet X; Bat-Missile (intro)
Synopsis	A giant alien is convinced by a gang of criminals that Batman is a criminal.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Miller
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Charles Paris

1 page Peter Porkchops public service announcement "Tips on Summer Fun!"

Genre	funny animal
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Rube Grossman
Inks	Rube Grossman
Letters	Ira Schnapp

1 page Jail Jests filler "Your visitor is here!"

Characters	J.B.; 4012
Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

5 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The City That Time Forgot"

Characters	Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); Dick Edmunds (intro)
Genre	detective
Script	Jack Miller
Pencils	Ruben Moreira
Inks	Ruben Moreira
Reprinted	in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #189 (November 1969)

Half page Casey the Cop filler "Does your mother allow you to eat so much pie, young man?"

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

1 page text article "Behind the Closed Door"

Letters

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5 page John Jones Manhunter from Mars story "The Hunted Martian"

Characters	Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Rod Mulloy (intro, villain); Dirk Johnson
Synopsis	Jones has to track an American criminal through the jungles of Africa.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Miller ?
Pencils	Joe Certa
Inks	Joe Certa
Notes	Writer id added by Bob Hughes June 2009.
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1