Detective Comics #235

DC Comics

United States

Published
September 1956
Page count
36
Cover price
0.10
Colour
Colour
Format
Comic series
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/13081

Credits

Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited)
Jack Schiff (actual)

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover The First Batman (Batman) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Batman
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Batman; Robin

Credits

Art
Sheldon Moldoff
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited)
Jack Schiff (actual)
Show/hide 1. The First Batman (Batman and Robin) Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman and Robin
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; V: Lew Moxon [I & D]; Joey Chill

Credits

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff (as Bob Kane)
Inks
Stan Kaye

Reprint history

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Australia
Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #105 ([February 1959?])
The First Batman
 
Australia
Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #105 ([February 1959?])
 
United States
Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #4 (Winter 1963)
The First Batman
 
Australia
Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #4 ([December 1963?])
The First Batman
 
Australia
Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #4 ([December 1963?])
 
Australia
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #37 ([May 1966?])
The First Batman
 
Australia
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #37 ([May 1966?])
 
United States
Batman (DC, 1940 series) #255 (March-April 1974)
The First Batman
 
Australia
Batman Album (KG Murray, 1976 series) #32 ([April 1976?])
The First Batman
 
Australia
Batman Album (KG Murray, 1976 series) #32 ([April 1976?])
 
Australia
Batman Album (KG Murray, 1976 series) #32 ([April 1976?])
 
United States
The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #2 (November-December 1979)
The First Batman
 
United States
The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1988 series) ([November] 1988)
The First Batman
 
United States
The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (Warner Books, 1989 series) ([June] 1989)
The First Batman
 
United States
The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (DC, 1989 series) ([June] 1989)
The First Batman
 
United States
Batman: The Black Casebook (DC, 2009 series) ([June] 2009)
The First Batman
 
United States
DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (DC, 2009 series) #2 ([August] 2010)
The First Batman
Original
Detective Comics 235, September 1956
This version
Batman Annual 4, Winter 1963

Synopsis

The discovery of an old Batman-type costume in Bruce Wayne's attic re-opens the Wayne murder case, and helps him realize that Joey Chill had ONLY been hired to kill his parents....and the real man responsible was still alive and free.

Notes

Origin re-cap in this issue; synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-3-07.

Show/hide 2. Untitled (Casey the Cop) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Casey the Cop
Genre
Gag

Credits

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Art
Henry Boltinoff
Letters
Henry Boltinoff
Show/hide 3. The Hour of Hoaxes (Roy Raymond TV Detective) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
Roy Raymond TV Detective
Genre
Detective

Credits

Art
Ruben Moreira

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
The Hundred Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #6 ([March 1957?])
The Hour of Hoaxes
Show/hide 4. The Big Dance Public service announcement, 1 page

Credits

Script
Jack Schiff?
Letters
typeset
Show/hide 5. The Black Museum Text article, 1 page
Show/hide 6. The World's Greatest Magician (John Jones Manhunter from Mars) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
John Jones Manhunter from Mars
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Martian Manhunter (John Jones; J'Onn J'Onzz); Daro; Zodak

Credits

Script
Dave Wood ?
Art
Joe Certa

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Color Giant (Colour Comics, 1957 series) #2 ([1957?])
The World's Greatest Magician
 
United States
Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
The World's Greatest Magician

Synopsis

Jones becomes a circus magician in order to smoke out a thief.

Notes

writer id by Bob Hughes 5/09


Status

AusReprints ID

  • 35471

Entry created

  • 28/12/2007

Cover added

  • 02/12/2010

Index completed

  • 02/12/2010