Issue Details

Issue	#225
Published	November 1955
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "If I Were Batman"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer
Reprinted	in DC Silver Age Classics Detective Comics 225 (DC, 1992 series) #nn; in Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 (DC, 2001 series) #nn

12 page Batman and Robin story "If I Were Batman"

Genre	superhero
Script	Edmond Hamilton
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Charles Paris
Reprinted	in DC Silver Age Classics Detective Comics 225 (DC, 1992 series) #nn; in Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 (DC, 2001 series) #nn

1 page Buzzy public service announcement "Do You Know Your Neighbors?"

Genre	Teen
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer
Letters	Ira Schnapp

6 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The Money That Came to Life!"

Genre	detective
Script	Jack Miller
Pencils	Ruben Moreira
Inks	Ruben Moreira
Reprinted	in DC Silver Age Classics Detective Comics 225 (DC, 1992 series) #nn; in Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 (DC, 2001 series) #nn

Half page Casey the Cop filler

Synopsis	Casey responds to a cry for help from inside a gym.
Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff
Reprinted	in Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 (DC, 2001 series) #nn

Half page Varsity Vic filler

Synopsis	Vic wonders why his friend Bill never has any money.
Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff
Reprinted	in Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 (DC, 2001 series) #nn

2 page text article "Four Tricks of the Detective's Trade"

Script	Jack Miller
Reprinted	in Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 (DC, 2001 series) #nn

6 page John Jones Manhunter From Mars story "The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel"

Characters	Martian Manhunter (John Jones, J'onn J'onzz),(introduction; origin); Dr. Mark Erdel (introduction; death); Lt. Saunders
Synopsis	A scientist builds a robot brain which teleports a Martian to Earth. After the scientist dies the Martian is trapped here, so he decides to become a police detective.
Genre	superhero
Script	Joe Samachson
Pencils	Joe Certa
Inks	Joe Certa
Notes	Script attributed by Rich Morrissey to Jack Miller. Current credit from Showcase presents the Martian Manhunter.
Reprinted	in Mysteries in Space: The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1980 series) #nn (October 1980); in Secret Origins (DC, 1961 series) #1 (Summer 1961); in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #175 (May 1968); in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #226 (November-December 1974); in DC Silver Age Classics Detective Comics 225 (DC, 1992 series) #nn; in Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 (DC, 2001 series) #nn; in Secret Origins Replica Edition (DC, 1998 series) #1; Showcase Presents the Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1.

Half page Homer filler

Synopsis	Homer finds the best time to hit the beach.
Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff
Reprinted	in Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 (DC, 2001 series) #nn