Detective Comics #235 (1956) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The First Batman!	cover	1	pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batman [Dr. Thomas Wayne]; Lew Moxon
2	The First Batman	comic story	10	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Stan Kaye	Batman [Bruce Wayne] (origin re-cap); Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Dr. Thomas Wayne [as Bat-Man] (cameo, flashback); Martha Wayne (cameo, flashback); Lew Moxon (villain, introduction, death); Joey Chill (villain, death)
4	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Casey the Cop
6	The Hour of Hoaxes	comic story	6	pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben Moreira	Roy Raymond; Karen; unnamed spy (villain, introduction)
7	The Big Dance	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff
8	Here Are the Prizes	promo (ad from the publisher)	3	letters: typeset
9	The Black Museum	text article	1	pencils: ? (spot illustration); inks: ? (spot illustration); letters: typeset
10	The World's Greatest Magician	comic story	6	script: Dave Wood; pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe Certa; letters: Pat Gordon	Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz; aka John Jones]; Captain Harding; The Phantom Thief [Jojo] (villain, introduction); Daro (villain, introduction); Zodak (villain, introduction)

Plus 7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
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The Best of DC #2	1979	On eBay ›
The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[nn] ISBN 0930-289-35-8	1988	On eBay ›
The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn] ISBN 0930289838	1992	On eBay ›
Batman: Cover to Cover #[nn] ISBN 1-4012-0659-X	2005	On eBay ›
The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[1] ISBN 0930289-39-0; 978-0930289393	1989	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1368-8	2007	On eBay ›
Batman: Secrets of the Batcave #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-1370-1	2007	On eBay ›

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