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Issue Details

Issue #285
Published November 1960
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jack Schiff; Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)

Cover Details - "The Mystery of the Man-Beast!"

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

12 page Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder story "The Mystery of the Man-Beast"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane]; Commissioner James Gordon; Harbin (introduction, villain); Drager (introduction, villain); Man-Beast (introduction, death); Professor Lacy (introduction, death)
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Charles Paris

1 page public service announcement "Keep Learning -- The Key to Success!"

Synopsis Frank wants to quit school until he realizes how it will affect his future.
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

5 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The Good-Luck Prophet"

Characters Roy Raymond; Karen; Provo the Prophet (introduction, villain); Jonas (introduction, villain)
Genre detective
Script Jack Miller
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira
Reprinted in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #444 (December-January 1975)

1 page text article "Bullet in the Boathouse"

Letters typeset

1 page Warden Willis filler "I've got to see the warden right away!"

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

6 page John Jones Manhunter from Mars story "The Menace of the Martian Mandrills!"

Characters Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding; Martian mandrills (introduction, villain)
Synopsis Martian Mandrills crash land on Earth and are used by crooks to commit crimes. Jones sends them back in their rocket but chooses to remain on Earth until his work is done.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Miller
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa
Notes writer identification by Martin O'Hearn
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1