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DETECTIVE COMICS #256

Cover Date: June 1958
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1958-04-24

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Cover Credits:
Art: Sheldon Moldoff


Story: "The Captive Planet" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
PencilsSheldon Moldoff (as Bob Kane)
InksCharles Paris
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Villain(s):

Cafis and his army (first appearance for all; a lizard-like alien conqueror)

Location(s):

Gotham City
Torg (first appearance; a planet orbiting the star Vega)

Story Reprinted in:

80 Page Giant Magazine #12 (July 1965)


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Second Story: "The Man Who Charmed Wild Beasts" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtRuben Moreita
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Roy Raymond

Supporting Character(s):

Karen

Villain(s):

Jed Cole (first appearance; bribes a witch doctor to create an animal ward to kill his partner)

Other Character(s):

Rocky Watson (first appearance; attempts to fake a Saturnian kidnapping to return to the United States)

Location(s):

Africa


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Third Story: "The Carnival of Doom!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Miller
ArtJoe Certa
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Martian Manhunter

Supporting Character(s):

Captain Harding

Villain(s):

Three crooks (first appearance for all; plan to rob an amusement park)

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #1 (2007)


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