Issue Details

Issue	#279
Published	May 1960
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Jack Schiff; Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)

Cover Details - "The Creatures That Stalked Batman!"

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 Creatures That Stalked Batman"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Gimlet [Ed Collins] (intro, villain); Prof. Martin; Ardello
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger ?
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Charles Paris

1 page Jail Jests filler "I'm going to study all these books to prove..."

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

1 page public service announcement "What's Wrong with These Pictures?"

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

6 page John Jones Manhunter from Mars story "The Impossible Inventions"

Characters	Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting); Willy Ward (intro, villain); Hiram Horner (crackpot inventor)
Synopsis	Jones tries to capture Willy Ward but Hiram's inventions keep getting in his way.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Miller ?
Pencils	Joe Certa
Inks	Joe Certa
Notes	writer id by Bob Hughes 5/09
Reprinted	in Hundred Plus Comic, The (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #50; in Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1

1 page text article "Passage to Prison"

Letters

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6 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The Creature From the Sorcerer's Stone!"

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