Issue Details

Issue	#252
Published	February 1958
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "The Creature from the Green Lagoon!"

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

12 page Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder story "The Creature from the Green Lagoon"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Tod Martin (intro, villain)
Synopsis	A film producer friend of Batman's on Skull Island sends for the Dynamic Duo and shows them a set he has built for a movie in production....a wall to keep out a creature that is wrecking his production equipment and preventing the movie from being completed for some unknown reason.
Genre	superhero
Script	Dave Wood
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane]
Inks	Charles Paris
Notes	Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-18-07.
Reprinted	In Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #6 (Winter 1964)

Half page Casey the Cop filler "Hmm--"

Characters	Casey the Cop
Genre	humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

Half page statement of ownership "Ownership, Management, and Circulation of Detective Comics"

Script	J.S. Liebowitz
Letters	typeset
Notes	Statement for October 1, 1957.

1 page public service announcement "The Flushing Remonstrance"

Genre	fact
Script	Jack Schiff ?
Pencils	Bob Brown
Inks	Bob Brown
Letters	Ira Schnapp

6 page John Jones Manhunter from Mars story "The Menace of the Super Weapons"

Characters	Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting); Waldo Wilson (intro, villain)
Synopsis	Manunter is helpless to stop Waldo Wilson's super weapons.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Miller
Pencils	Joe Certa
Inks	Joe Certa
Notes	Script credit from the index to the Artima reprint.
Reprinted	In Big Boy (Artima, 1956 series) #23 August 1958; in Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1

1 page text story "Danger Trail"

Genre	adventure
Letters	typeset

2 page Warden Willis filler "The Commissioner is visiting our prison tomorrow."

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

6 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The Undersea City"

Characters	Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); Horace Wakely (intro)
Genre	detective
Pencils	Ruben Moreira
Inks	Ruben Moreira
Reprinted	In Big Boy (Artima, 1956 series) #23 August 1958

Half page Jail Jests filler "I did not say that!"

Characters	Spike; Schultz
Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff