Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #252

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Pages: 36

On-sale Date: 1957-12-22

Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

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The Creature from the Green Lagoon!

(Table of Contents)

Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page

Pencils:	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks:	Sheldon Moldoff
Colors:	?
Letters:	Ira Schnapp

Genre:superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Reprints (1)

in Batman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) ([November] 2021)

Issue Data

Publisher's Brand: Superman DC National Comics
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Indicia Frequency: monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Printer: ?

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed]

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Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page

The Creature from the Green Lagoon

(Table of Contents: 2)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages

Script:	Dave Wood
Pencils:	Sheldon Moldoff (signed as Bob Kane)
Inks:	Charles Paris
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:superhero

Feature Logo:Batman with Robin, the Boy Wonder
Keywords:Bat-Plane; Graveyard Beach; Green Lagoon; Skull Island

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Cory Blane (film producer); Professor Carter (technical producer); Charles Devon (big-game hunter, technical producer); Tod Martin (villain, Blane's assistant, introduction); Locto (mechanical creature, villain, death)

Synopsis:: A film producer friend of Batman's on Skull Island sends for the Dynamic Duo and shows them a set he has built for a movie in production...a wall to keep out a creature that is wrecking his production equipment and preventing the movie from being completed for some unknown reason.; in Batman Annual (DC, 1961 series) #6 (Winter 1963-1964)
in Batman in the Fifties (DC, 2002 series) ([June] 2002)
in DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (DC, 2009 series) #2 ([October] 2010)
in Batman in the Fifties (DC, 2021 series) ([November] 2021)

You've Got a Comet by the Tail

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Mystery in Space; Space Adventures / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 4)

Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.67 page

Script:	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils:	Henry Boltinoff
Inks:	Henry Boltinoff
Colors:	?
Letters:	Henry Boltinoff

Genre:humor

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Umm-- My wife put this string on my finger...

Characters:

Casey the Cop

[Ownership, Management, and Circulation of Detective Comics]

(Table of Contents: 5)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page

Script:	Jack Liebowitz
Letters:	typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement for October 1, 1957.

The Flushing Remonstrance

(Table of Contents: 6)

public service announcement / 1 page

Script:	Jack Schiff ?
Pencils:	Bob Brown
Inks:	Bob Brown
Colors:	?
Letters:	Ira Schnapp

Genre:non-fiction; advocacy

The Menace of the Super Weapons

(Table of Contents: 7)

Martian Manhunter / comic story / 6 pages

Script:	Jack Miller (sourced)
Pencils:	Joe Certa
Inks:	Joe Certa
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:superhero

Characters:

Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting); Waldo Wilson (intro, villain)

Synopsis:: Manhunter is helpless to stop Waldo Wilson's super weapons.; in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #23 (August 1958)
in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #11 (1973) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
in Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([September] 2007)

Danger Trail

(Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 1 page

Script:	?
Letters:	typeset

Genre:adventure

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 9)

Warden Willis / comic story / 2 pages

Script:	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils:	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks:	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors:	?
Letters:	Henry Boltinoff

Genre:humor

First Line of Dialogue or Text:The Commissioner is visiting our prison tomorrow.

Characters:

Warden Willis; Commissioner

Reprints (1)

in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #21 (June 1958)

The Undersea City

(Table of Contents: 10)

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 (supporting); Horace Wakely (intro)

Reprints (4)

in The Hundred Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 ? series) #22 ([July 1958])
in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #23 (August 1958)
in Mammoth Annual (K. G. Murray, 1959 ? series) #1
in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #11 (1973) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]

[no title indexed]

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Littleton Stamps / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 12)

Jail Jests / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils:	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks:	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors:	?
Letters:	Henry Boltinoff

Genre:humor

First Line of Dialogue or Text:I did not say that!

Characters:

Spike; Schultz

Reprints (1)

in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #21 (June 1958)

[no title indexed]

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100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]

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Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page

Magic Magnifier Helps Betty & Jim Solve Big "Jewel Mystery!"

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Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Table of Contents ToC

Table of Contents

The Creature from the Green Lagoon! (Table of Contents)

Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page

The Creature from the Green Lagoon (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages

You've Got a Comet by the Tail (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

Mystery in Space; Space Adventures / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.67 page

[Ownership, Management, and Circulation of Detective Comics] (Table of Contents: 5)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page

Indexer Notes

The Flushing Remonstrance (Table of Contents: 6)

public service announcement / 1 page

The Menace of the Super Weapons (Table of Contents: 7)

Martian Manhunter / comic story / 6 pages

Danger Trail (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 1 page

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Warden Willis / comic story / 2 pages

The Undersea City (Table of Contents: 10)

Roy Raymond TV Detective / comic story / 6 pages

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 11)

Littleton Stamps / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Jail Jests / comic story / 0.5 page

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 13)

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 14)

Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page

Magic Magnifier Helps Betty & Jim Solve Big "Jewel Mystery!" (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 15)

Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / comics-form advertising / 1 page

The Creature from the Green Lagoon!

(Table of Contents)

[no title indexed]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

The Creature from the Green Lagoon

(Table of Contents: 2)

You've Got a Comet by the Tail

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 4)

[Ownership, Management, and Circulation of Detective Comics]

(Table of Contents: 5)

The Flushing Remonstrance

(Table of Contents: 6)

The Menace of the Super Weapons

(Table of Contents: 7)

Danger Trail

(Table of Contents: 8)

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 9)

The Undersea City

(Table of Contents: 10)

[no title indexed]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 11)

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 12)

[no title indexed]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 13)

[no title indexed]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 14)

Magic Magnifier Helps Betty & Jim Solve Big "Jewel Mystery!"

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