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Issue Details

Issue #290
Published April 1961
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jack Schiff; Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)

Cover Details - "Robin's Robot!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin robot; "Gadgets" Blore (villain)
Genre superhero
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff

11 page Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder story "Robin's Robot"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; "Gadgets" Blore (intro, villain); Hank (intro, villain); Red (intro, villain); Robin robot (intro)
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger ?
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Charles Paris ?; Sheldon Moldoff ?

Half page Strange Old Laws filler "I'm not going to break the law."

Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page public service announcement "A Salute to Our American Indians!"

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

6 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The Curse of King Neptune"

Characters Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); Dirk Cranshaw (intro, villain); Sam Wade (intro, villain)
Genre detective
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira

1 page Lefty Looie filler "Nothing to look at but bare walls!"

Characters Lefty Looie
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

Half page O'Malley of the 4th Precinct filler "Boy! Today sure is a scorcher, O'Malley!"

Characters O'Malley of the 4th Precinct; Sarge
Genre detective
Script Irwin Hasen
Pencils Irwin Hasen
Inks Irwin Hasen

1 page text article "Alibi in the Ashes"

Letters typeset

6 page John Jones Manhunter from Mars story "Lights, Camera--and Doom"

Characters Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Diane Meade (supporting); Mr. Scobey (intro, villain); Peters
Genre superhero
Script Jack Miller ?
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa
Notes writer id by Bob Hughes 5/09
Reprinted in Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1