Detective Comics, #235
Published: September 1956
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Issue Contents:
The First Batman!
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
- Batman [Dr. Thomas Wayne]
- Lew Moxon
Credits
- Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
- Inks: Sheldon Moldoff
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The First Batman
Storyline
The discovery of an old Batman-type costume in Bruce Wayne's attic re-opens the Wayne murder case, and helps him realize that Joey Chill had ONLY been hired to kill his parents...and the real man responsible was still alive and free.
Characters
- 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)
Credits
- Script: Bill Finger
- Pencils:
- Inks: Stan Kaye
Story Notes
Panel 7 on page 6 is Moldoff's recreation of the scene from Batman #9's cover.
"Good morning."
Characters
- Casey the Cop
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
The Hour of Hoaxes
Characters
- Roy Raymond
- Karen
- unnamed spy (villain, introduction)
Credits
- Pencils: Ruben Moreira
- Inks: Ruben Moreira
The Big Dance
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff (uncertain)
Here Are the Prizes
The Black Museum
The World's Greatest Magician
Storyline
Jones becomes a circus magician in order to smoke out a thief.
Characters
- Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz
- aka John Jones]
- Captain Harding
- The Phantom Thief [Jojo] (villain, introduction)
- Daro (villain, introduction)
- Zodak (villain, introduction)
Credits
- Script: Dave Wood (uncertain)
- Pencils: Joe Certa
- Inks: Joe Certa
- Letters: Pat Gordon
Story Notes
Script credit by Bob Hughes.
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Story Notes
Ad for the Schwinn Phantom model. Back cover.