Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1957-01-20
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Cover Thumbnail for Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #241 Edit Cover
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The Rainbow Batman!
(Table of Contents)

Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprints (3)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed]
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Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page

The Rainbow Batman
(Table of Contents: 2)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon (cameo); Alfred Pennyworth (cameo); Marion Marley (movie starlet); unnamed thieves (villains)
Synopsis:
A freak accident to Dick Grayson forces Batman into the uncomfortable position of having to wear different colors of Batman uniforms to keep people from noticing the injury also affects Robin the Boy Wonder!
Reprints (3)

[no title indexed]
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100 Toy Pirates / advertisement / 1 page

Buzzy's Special Brotherhood Week Quiz
(Table of Contents: 4)

Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page

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?
Letters:
  • Genre:non-fiction; advocacy; humor; teen
Characters:
Buzzy Brown

The Man Who Couldn't Touch Ground
(Table of Contents: 5)

Roy Raymond TV Detective / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ruben Moreira (signed)
Inks:
Ruben Moreira (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Roy Raymond; Karen; Commissioner Jameson
Reprints (1)

Jim and Betty Solve the "Flying Saucer" Mystery!
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Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / comics-form advertising / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Casey the Cop / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:So you won't tell us a thing, eh?
Characters:
Casey the Cop; Butch

They Fight Frauds
(Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 1.75 pages

Script:
Jack Miller (credited as Jack McCoy)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction

[Ownership, Management, and Circulation of Detective Comics]
(Table of Contents: 9)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page

Script:
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement for October 1, 1956.

The Impossible Manhunt!
(Table of Contents: 10)

Martian Manhunter / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz] [aka John Jones]; Captain Harding; Roger Jones; Firebug Smith [Jasper Craig] (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
An arsonist is targeting any business owned by anyone named Jones, so John Jones opens an art gallery to catch the criminal.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Script identification by Bob Hughes.

[no title indexed]
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Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Zenith Stamps / advertisement / 1 page

Mickey Mantle Goes to Bat for "Billy Bikeless"
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Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Rainbow Batman!
    Batman and Robin
  2. [no title indexed]
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  3. The Rainbow Batman
    Batman and Robin
  4. [no title indexed]
    100 Toy Pirates
  5. Buzzy's Special Brotherhood Week Quiz
    Buzzy
  6. The Man Who Couldn't Touch Ground
    Roy Raymond TV Detective
  7. Jim and Betty Solve the "Flying Saucer" Mystery!
    Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve
  8. ["So you won't tell us a thing, eh?"]
    Casey the Cop
  9. They Fight Frauds
  10. [Ownership, Management, and Circulation of Detective Comics]
  11. The Impossible Manhunt!
    Martian Manhunter
  12. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes
  13. [no title indexed]
    Zenith Stamps
  14. Mickey Mantle Goes to Bat for "Billy Bikeless"
    Junior Sales Club of America Cards
  15. [no title indexed]
    American Seeds
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  • Peter Croome
  • Craig Delich
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
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