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Issue Details

Issue #266
Published April 1959
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jack Schiff; Murray Boltinoff (Associate Editor); George Kashdan (Associate Editor)
Notes Ad sequences, synopses, and some other information added by Ed Boner, February 2009.

Cover Details - "The Satellite from Gotham City!"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye

11 page Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder story "The Satellite of Gotham City"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon (supporting); Astro (intro, villain)
Synopsis Batman and Robin face the challenge of Astro's Satellite of Crime.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger ?
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Charles Paris

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll ad"

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Brave and the Bold #23"

1 page public service announcement "What's Your B.Q.*? (*Brotherhood Quotient)"

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

1 page Warden Willis filler "This is the prison, Warden Willis!"

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

5 page Roy Raymond TV Detective story "The Magic Stop Watch"

Characters Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting)
Synopsis Roy Raymond, who usually exposes frauds and hoaxters on his show, seems to be the one perpertrating the scam this time around.
Genre detective
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Pop ad"

1 page text story "Face of Guilt"

Letters typeset

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Challengers of the Unknown #7"

Half page Casey the Cop filler "It's a nice and quiet night here in the park!"

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

1 page filler "Fingerprint Oddities!"

5 page John Jones Manhunter from Mars story "The Challenge of the Masked Avenger"

Characters Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; The Masked Avenger [Leroy] (intro); Mabel
Synopsis The Manhunter's usual daily routine of stopping criminals is further complicated by the emergence of the Masked Avenger, a nobody trying to make a name for himself in order to impress the girl he wants to marry.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Miller ?
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa
Notes writer id by Bob Hughes 5/09
Reprinted in Big Boy (Artima, 1956 series) #45; in Showcase Presents Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Fudge ad"