Issue Details

Issue	#249
Published	November 1957
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "The Crime of Bruce Wayne!"

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

12 page Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder story "The Crime of Bruce Wayne"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon (supporting); Batwoman [Kathy Kane] (supporting); Alfred Pennyworth (supporting); The Collector (intro, villain); Squint Neely (intro, villain)
Synopsis	Bruce Wayne decides to go along with a scheme in which he would confess to being a wanted criminal known as the Collector in order to get vital information from a cellmate about where the crook stashed $50,000......but the plan goes horribly wrong and Wayne gets sent to death row!
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane]
Inks	Charles Paris
Notes	Synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-24-07. Inks verified by Charles Paris.
Reprinted	In Batman (DC, 1940 series) #233 (July-August 1971).

1 page public service announcement "Teddy Roosevelt Guardian of Nature"

Characters	Theodore Roosevelt
Genre	fact
Script	Jack Schiff?
Pencils	Morris Waldinger ?
Inks	Morris Waldinger ?
Letters	Ira Schnapp

1 page Video Laffs filler "I'll get it!"

Genre	humor
Script	Harry Lampert ?
Pencils	Harry Lampert ?
Inks	Harry Lampert ?

6 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The Ghost That Haunted Roy Raymond"

Characters	Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); Mr. Banks (intro)
Genre	detective
Pencils	Ruben Moreira
Inks	Ruben Moreira
Reprinted	In Big Boy (Artima, 1956 series) #20 (May 1958).

1 page text story "Sleuths of the C.I.B."

Genre	crime
Letters	typeset

2 page Casey the Cop filler "Yes, Mrs. Van Pester, right away!"

Characters	Casey the Cop; Sarge; Mrs. Van Pester
Genre	humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

6 page John Jones Manhunter from Mars story "Target For A Day"

Characters	Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; The Carlson Gang (intro, villain); Reagan; Maegland; Farley
Synopsis	Jones disguises himself as the Governor in order to protect him from a criminal gang whose leader is up for execution.
Genre	superhero
Script	Dave Wood ?
Pencils	Joe Certa
Inks	Joe Certa
Notes	The Artima reprint credits the script to Jack Miller. Writer id (Dave Wood) by Bob Hughes 12/08.
Reprinted	In Big Boy (Artima, 1956 series) #20 (May, 1958); in Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1

Half page Varsity Vic filler "Dad, I'm in the school band."

Characters	Varsity Vic; Dad; Professor Pott
Genre	teen humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff