Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1958-09-25
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Cover Thumbnail for Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #261 Edit Cover
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The Amazing Dr. Double X!
(Table of Contents)

Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Dr. Double X (villain); Dr. X (villain)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

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

Mobile Tank / Missile Firing Tank; Power Gym / advertisement / 1 page

The Amazing Dr. Double X!
(Table of Contents: 2)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 11.67 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon (supporting); Dr. Double X (introduction, villain); Dr. X (introduction, villain)
Synopsis:
Dr. X develops a formula to create an energy duplicate of himself. Unfortunately, his doppelgänger is pure evil.
Reprints (2)

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page

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

Showcase; Adam Strange / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Look to the Stars!
(Table of Contents: 5)

public service announcement / 1 page

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:advocacy; math & science
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gosh Bob, we're lost! What do we do now?
Characters:
Bob; Ted
Synopsis:
Bob and his friends are saved from being lost in the woods because Bob knows how to find Polaris, the North Star.

Indexer Notes

Appeared across a range of DC comics in November/December 1958.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:That's so, Casey -- I read it in a book!
Characters:
Casey the Cop
Reprints (1)

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

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page

The Modern Sorcerer
(Table of Contents: 8)

Roy Raymond TV Detective / comic story / 5.67 pages

Script:
?
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); Judson Ware (intro, villain)
Reprints (3)

[no title indexed]
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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 10)

Warden Willis / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The man from the state prison bureau is here, Warden Willis!
Characters:
Warden Willis; 2143; 2130
Reprints (1)

White Footprints
(Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 1 page

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

The Midget Manhunter!
(Table of Contents: 12)

Martian Manhunter / comic story / 5.67 pages

Script:
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting); Mr. Mastermind (intro, villain)
Synopsis:
Jones battles an unnamed criminal with a shrinking ray.
Reprints (5)

Indexer Notes

writer credit by Bob Hughes

[no title indexed]
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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page

[Agile Batman]
(Table of Contents: 14)

The Batman Word Hunt / activity / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 15)

Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 16)

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 17)

American Specialty Company Christmas Cards & Seals / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Amazing Dr. Double X!
    Batman and Robin
  2. [no title indexed]
    Mobile Tank / Missile Firing Tank; Power Gym
  3. The Amazing Dr. Double X!
    Batman and Robin
  4. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
  5. [no title indexed]
    Showcase; Adam Strange
  6. Look to the Stars!
  7. ["That's so, Casey -- I read it in a book!"]
    Casey the Cop
  8. [no title indexed]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  9. The Modern Sorcerer
    Roy Raymond TV Detective
  10. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  11. ["The man from the state prison bureau is here, Warden Willis!"]
    Warden Willis
  12. White Footprints
  13. The Midget Manhunter!
    Martian Manhunter
  14. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
  15. [Agile Batman]
    The Batman Word Hunt
  16. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes
  17. [no title indexed]
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  18. [no title indexed]
    American Specialty Company Christmas Cards & Seals
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  • Katie
  • David Banuelos
  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Hunter Johnson
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Paul Robinson
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Adam Spector
  • Jim Van Dore
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