Detective Comics #230 (1956) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Mad Hatter of Gotham City!	cover	1	pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: George Roussos; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Mad Hatter [Jervis Tetch]
2	The Mad Hatter of Gotham City	comic story	12	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Brumer (sculptor); Mad Hatter [Jervis Tetch; also as Brumer] (villain, introduction)
3	The One and Only Superman	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
4	The Batman Whirly-Word Game	activity	1	script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel; letters: Martin Naydel	Batman [Bruce Wayne]
5	The Man of a Hundred Hoaxes!	comic story	6	pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben Moreira	Roy Raymond; Karen; Daniel Martin (villain)
6	-	comic story	2	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Casey the Cop
7	Detectives with 1,000 Skills	text article	2	script: John Mallon
8	The Sleuth Without a Clue	comic story	6	script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe Certa; letters: Pat Gordon	Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz; aka John Jones]; Farrow Gang [Barney Bennett; others unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)
9	Binky Says: "It's Fun to Belong!"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Binky

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

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