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250December 1957
$0.10

Detective Comics #250

DC · December 1957 · on sale 1957-10-22

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Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#250
Publication date
December 1957
Key date
1957-12-00
On-sale date
1957-10-22
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Batman's Super-Enemy!cover1pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; John Stannar (villain)
2Batman's Super-Enemycomic story12pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon (supporting); John Stannar (intro, villain)
4-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffCasey the Cop
5The Trick Is to Treat All the World's Children!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
6Roy Raymond's New Secretarycomic story6pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben MoreiraRoy Raymond; Karen [also as Miss Stevens] (supporting); Mr. Warren (intro, villain)
7The One and Only Supermanpromo (ad from the publisher)1
8They Police Our Portstext article1letters: typeset
9The Stymied Sleuth!comic story6script: Dave Wood; pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe CertaMartian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting); Joe Ganges (intro, villain); Hank (intro, villain); Leroy Martin (intro, villain)
10-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffCasey the Cop

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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ISBN 978-1-4012-1368-8
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