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288February 1961
$0.10

Detective Comics #288

DC · February 1961 · on sale 1960-12-27

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Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#288
Publication date
February 1961
Key date
1961-02-00
On-sale date
1960-12-27
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Menace of the Multiple Creature!cover1pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Multi-creature (villain)
2The Menace of the Multiple Creaturecomic story12.67script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Multi-creature (intro, villain); Stokes (intro, villain); Stamm; Mary Todd
3World's Finest Comics; Batmanpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
4Our American Heritagepublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp
5Just Imagine!promo (ad from the publisher)1
6The Girl with the Deadly Gazecomic story6pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben MoreiraRoy Raymond; Karen (supporting); Janie Vance; Mr. Craig (intro, villain)
7Doom Rings the Doorbelltext story1letters: typesetCaptain Mason (policeman); "Smart Alec" Ames (columnist for The Garfield Gazette); Eddie Dunne (comedian); "Happy" Harp (oldtime comic)
8-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
9The Case of the Honest Swindlercomic story6.67script: Jack Miller; pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe CertaMartian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting); Jed Peters (intro, villain); Larry Loder (intro)
10Ownership, Management, and Circulation of Detective Comicsstatement of ownership0.33script: Jack Liebowitz
14You Asked for It!promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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