Detective Comics #246

DC Comics

United States

Published
August 1957
Page count
36
Cover price
0.10 USD
Colour
Colour
Format
Comic series
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/13725

Credits

Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited)
Jack Schiff (actual)

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover The Murder at Mystery Castle! (Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Credits

Art
Sheldon Moldoff

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #89 ([October 1957?])
The Terror at Mystery Castle!
Show/hide 1. Murder at Mystery Castle (Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Robert Cray (intro, villain); Jay Sonderson (intro, villain)

Credits

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks
Charles Paris
Letters
Pat Gordon

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Also printed
Australia
Batman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #89 ([October 1957?])
The Terror at Mystery Castle!
 
United Kingdom
Batman (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #89 ([October 1957?])
Murder At Mystery Castle
 
United Kingdom
Batman (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #89 ([October 1957?])
 
Australia
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #21 ([April 1962?])
 
United States
Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #6 (Winter 1963-64)
Murder at Mystery Castle
 
Australia
Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #6 ([December 1964?])
Murder at Mystery Castle
 
Australia
Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #6 ([December 1964?])
 
Australia
Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #14 ([November 1967?])
Terror at Mystery Castle
 
United States
The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #2 (November-December 1979)
Murder at Mystery Castle
 
United States
The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #2 (November-December 1979)
 
United States
DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (DC, 2009 series) #2 ([August] 2010)
Murder at Mystery Castle
Original
Detective Comics 246, August 1957

Synopsis

The murder of John Barham in his own castle that he had dis-assembled in Europe and re-built in America draws the Caped Crusaders into a murder mystery that nearly costs them their lives.

Notes

Lettering credit and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-17-07.

Show/hide 2. Earn While You Learn! Public service announcement, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
Fact

Credits

Script
Jack Schiff?
Art
Ruben Moreira
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Show/hide 3. "Hmm-that window looks open!" (Casey the Cop) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Casey the Cop
Genre
Gag
Characters
Casey the Cop

Credits

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Art
Henry Boltinoff
Letters
Henry Boltinoff
Show/hide 4. The Man With the Magic Camera (Roy Raymond TV Detective) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
Roy Raymond TV Detective
Genre
Detective
Characters
Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); Homer Woods (intro, villain); Mr. Walters (intro, villain)

Credits

Script
Jack Miller
Art
Ruben Moreira

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Also printed
Australia
The Hundred Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #29 ([February 1959?])
The Man with the Magic Camera
Show/hide 5. "Slugs McSpade keeps very busy with his garden." (Warden Willis) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Warden Willis
Genre
Gag
Characters
Warden Willis; Slugs McSpade

Credits

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Art
Henry Boltinoff
Letters
Henry Boltinoff
Show/hide 6. "Quick! Give me a big juicy steak!" (Casey the Cop) Comic story, 0.5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Casey the Cop
Genre
Gag
Characters
Casey the Cop

Credits

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Art
Henry Boltinoff
Letters
Henry Boltinoff

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Also printed
Australia
The Hundred Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #28 ([January 1959?])
Untitled
Show/hide 7. A Counterfeiter Takes the Count Text story, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
Crime

Credits

Author
Letters
typeset
Show/hide 8. John Jones' Female Nemesis (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]; Captain Harding (supporting); Diane Meade (intro); Tiger Raffity (intro, villain); Morris (intro, villain); Scanlon (intro, villain)

Credits

Script
Jack Miller
Art
Joe Certa

Notes

writer id by Martin O'Hearn


Status

AusReprints ID

  • 35546

Entry created

  • 31/12/2007

Index completed

  • 30/01/2012