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290April 1961
$0.10

Detective Comics #290

DC · April 1961 · on sale 1961-02-28

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Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#290
Publication date
April 1961
Key date
1961-04-00
On-sale date
1961-02-28
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Robin's Robot!cover1pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin robot; "Gadgets" Blore (villain)
2Robin's Robotcomic story11.67script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris, Sheldon MoldoffBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; "Gadgets" Blore (intro, villain); Hank (intro, villain); Red (intro, villain); Robin robot (intro)
3World's Finest Comics; Batmanpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
4-cartoon1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
5A Salute to Our American Indians!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp
6Here It Ispromo (ad from the publisher)1
7The Curse of King Neptunecomic story6pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben MoreiraRoy Raymond; Karen (supporting); Dirk Cranshaw (intro, villain); Sam Wade (intro, villain)
8-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffLefty Looie
9O'Malley of the 4th Precinctcomic story0.5script: Irwin Hasen; pencils: Irwin Hasen; inks: Irwin HasenO'Malley of the 4th Precinct; Sarge
11Alibi in the Ashestext story1letters: typeset
12Lights, Camera-- and Doomcomic story6.67script: Jack Miller; pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe CertaMartian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Diane Meade (supporting); Mr. Scobey (intro, villain); Peters
13Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!promo (ad from the publisher)0.33

Plus 4.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #1
ISBN 978-1-4012-1368-8
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