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Detective Comics, #236

Published: October 1956

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Detective Comics #236

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Issue Contents:
The New-Model Batman!
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Robin [Dick Grayson]
Credits
Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

The New-Model Batman
Story 2 10 pages superhero
Storyline

When a criminal scientist develops countermeasures to each of Batman's crime-fighting tools and methods, Batman and Robin adopt new methods to fight crime.

Characters
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Robin [Dick Grayson]
  • Commissioner James Gordon
  • Wallace Waley (intro, villain)
  • Jonas Leigh (philanthropist)
Credits
Story 3 1 page
Binky Shows "How to Spend a Summer Week!"
Story 4 1 page advocacy; teen
Credits
Story 5 1 page
Story 6 1 page
The Great Earth-Mars Mystery
Story 7 6 pages superhero
Storyline

Jones has to solve a crime on Earth and on Mars, via interplanetary TV.

Characters
  • Martian Manhunter [John Jones
  • J'onn J'onzz]
  • Captain Harding (supporting)
  • Mr. J'onzz (intro, supporting)
  • Mrs. J'onzz (intro, supporting)
  • Martian canal raiders (intro, villain)
  • the vanishing crook (intro, villain)
Credits
Story Notes

writer credit by Bob Hughes

Story 8 0 pages
Routine Check-Up
Story 9 2 pages non-fiction
Credits
Story Notes

Second page appears after the following sequence.

Here Are the Prizes
Story 10 3 pages
Story 11 0 pages
The Magic Tablecloth
Story 12 6 pages detective-mystery
Characters
  • Roy Raymond
  • Karen (supporting)
  • Johann Hinkle (intro)
  • Mrs. Hinkle (intro)
Credits
Story 13 1 page
Story 14 1 page
Story 15 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 16 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.