Detective Comics #247 (1957) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Man Who Ended Batman's Career!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
2	The Man Who Ended Batman's Career	comic story	12	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles Paris	Batman [Bruce Wayne; also as Starman]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon (cameo); Professor Milo (villain, introduction); Milo's gang (villains)
4	Danger: Prejudice at Work!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
7	The Mechanical Bloodhound	comic story	6	pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben Moreira	Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); Horatio Dalbo (intro, villain)
8	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Casey the Cop; Captain
10	Patrol Under the Pavement	text article	1	letters: typeset
11	The Impossible Messages	comic story	6	script: Jack Miller; pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe Certa	Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting); smugglers (villain)

Plus 8 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Batman #152	1962	On eBay ›
Batman Annual #4	1963	On eBay ›
The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn] ISBN 0930289838	1992	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #1 ISBN 978-1-4012-1368-8	2007	On eBay ›
Batman: The Black Casebook #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-2264-2	2009	On eBay ›
DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-2791-3	2010	On eBay ›

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