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266April 1959
$0.10

Detective Comics #266

DC · April 1959 · on sale 1959-02-24

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Series
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series)
Issue
#266
Publication date
April 1959
Key date
1959-04-00
On-sale date
1959-02-24
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Satellite from Gotham City!cover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira SchnappBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
2The Satellite of Gotham Citycomic story11.67script: Bill Finger; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Charles ParisBatman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon (supporting); Astro (intro, villain)
4The Brave and the Bold; The Viking Princepromo (ad from the publisher)1
5What's Your B.Q.*? (*Brotherhood Quotient)public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp
6-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffWarden Willis; Grover
7The Magic Stop Watchcomic story5.67pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben MoreiraRoy Raymond; Karen (supporting)
9Face of Guilttext story1letters: typeset
10They Live on Borrowed Time!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5
11-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffCasey the Cop
12Fingerprint Oddities!cartoon1
13The Challenge of the Masked Avengercomic story5.67script: Jack Miller; pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe CertaMartian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; The Masked Avenger [Leroy] (intro); Mabel

Plus 5.99 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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