Detective Comics, #245

Published: July 1957

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Detective Comics #245

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Issue Contents:
The Dynamic Trio!
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Robin [Dick Grayson]
  • Vicki Vale
  • Mysteryman [Commissioner James Gordon]
Draw Me
Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

The Dynamic Trio
Story 2 12 pages superhero
Storyline

Batman declares he needs help to crack a smuggling ring and brings in new hero called Mysteryman. Vicki Vale spends the whole story trying to figure out who Mysteryman is.

Characters
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Robin [Dick Grayson]
  • Mysteryman [Commissioner James Gordon]
  • Alfred Pennyworth
  • Vicki Vale
  • unnamed Editor of View magazine
  • group of smugglers (villain)
For the Best in Comics Entertainment
Story 3 1 page
Binky Shows "How to Make New Friends!"
Story 4 1 page humor; advocacy; teen
Storyline

Binky suggests Allergy make friends with a new kid, Bob, but Pete does instead and then gets Allergy and the rest of the gang interested.

Characters
  • Binky
  • Allergy
  • Bob
  • Pete
Credits
Story 5 1 page humor

"Warden, I just caught 6442!"

Characters
  • Warden Willis
  • 6442
The X-Y-Z Ray
Story 6 6 pages detective-mystery
Characters
  • Roy Raymond
  • Karen (supporting)
  • Harry Horner (intro, villain)
Credits
Story 7 1 page humor

"Hmm, there goes Slippery Sam!"

Characters
  • Casey the Cop
  • Slippery Sam
Story 8 1 page
Tracking the Insurance Frauds
Story 9 2 pages non-fiction
The Phantom Fire Alarms
Story 10 6 pages superhero
Storyline

Gangster Lance Faber discovers Jones is a Martian whose weakness is fire. But then Jones seems to no longer be affected by fire at all!

Characters
  • Martian Manhunter [John Jones
  • J'onn J'onzz]
  • Lance Faber (intro, villain)
Credits
Story Notes

script credit from Bob Hughes

Story 11 1 page
Story 12 1 page humor

"Hello, warden!"

Characters
  • Warden Willis
Story 13 1 page
Story 14 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Mickey Mantle Goes to Bat for the "Unlucky Fishermen"
Story 15 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.