Issue Details

Issue	#281
Published	July 1960
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Jack Schiff; Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)

Cover Details - "Batman, Robot!"

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

1 page Buzzy public service announcement "Free Speech -- Free for All!"

Characters	Buzzy
Genre	teen
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Winslow Mortimer
Inks	Winslow Mortimer
Letters	Ira Schnapp

12 page Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder story "Batman, Robot"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Night Owl Gang [Number One [Eddie Chill]; Number Two [Wedge Dixon]; Petey] (intro, villain); The Gorman Gang (intro, villain); Batman robot (intro)
Synopsis	Batman is lured into a trap and supposedly dies in an explosion. Batman appears to be replaced by a robot. Although Robin pretends to believe it, he actually knows that the Caped Crusader is laying his own trap for a wanted felon.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff [as Bob Kane]
Inks	Charles Paris [as Bob Kane]
Notes	Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-12-07.
Reprinted	In Batman (DC, 1940 series) #182 (August 1966)

1 page Jail Jests filler "Ow-have I got a toothache!"

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

1 page Green Lantern promo (ad from the publisher) "Green Lantern #1 ad"

Characters	Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Gil Kane
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	Advertisement for Green Lantern #1

6 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The Girl Who Became a Sorceress"

Characters	Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); Mazar (intro, villain)
Genre	detective
Pencils	Ruben Moreira
Inks	Ruben Moreira

1 page text story "Untimely Alibi"

Genre	adventure
Letters	typeset

1 page Strange Laws filler "I told you not to pass that red light!"

Genre	humor; fact
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff
Reprinted	in Detective Comics (1937 series) #445 (February-March 1975)

6 page John Jones Manhunter from Mars story "The Menace of Marsville"

Characters	Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting)
Synopsis	Manhunter builds a replica of Mars in the City Park. There Earthmen have super powers and Martians don't, much to the delight of an unnamed gang or criminals.
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

Half page filler "Crime and Punishment"

Genre	fact
Pencils	Morris Waldinger ?
Inks	Morris Waldinger ?

Half page Casey the Cop filler "Casey, did you hear about the nice raise I got last week?"

Characters	Casey the Cop; W.T. Jones
Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff