Issue Details

Issue	#226
Published	December 1955
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer

12 page Batman and Robin story "When Batman Was Robin"

Characters	I: Harvey Harris
Genre	superhero
Script	Edmond Hamilton
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Charles Paris
Notes	origin of the Robin costume
Reprinted	in Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #2 (1961)

Half page Casey the Cop filler

Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

5 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "Roy Raymond -- Super Athlete!"

Genre	detective
Pencils	Ruben Moreira
Inks	Ruben Moreira

1 page public service announcement "How a Nation is Born"

Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Win Mortimer?
Inks	Win Mortimer
Letters	Ira Schnapp

2 page text article "Sleuth on the Sawdust Trail"

Script

Jack Miller (as John Mallon)

6 page John Jones Manhunter From Mars story "The Case of the Magic Baseball"

Characters	Martian Manhunter (John Jones; J'Onn J'Onzz); Trigger Tom Taylor; Brad Devon; Big Bob Michaels; Lt. Saunders
Genre	superhero
Script	Joe Samachson
Pencils	Joe Certa
Inks	Joe Certa
Notes	Script attributed by Rich Morrissey to Jack Miller. Current credit is from Showcase presents the Martian Manhunter vol 1.
Reprinted	in Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 series) #42; in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #176 (June 1968); in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #226 (November-December 1974); in Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1