Detective Comics, #252

Published: February 1958

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Detective Comics #252

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Issue Contents:
The Creature from the Green Lagoon!
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Robin [Dick Grayson]
Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

The Creature from the Green Lagoon
Story 2 12 pages superhero
Storyline

A film producer friend of Batman's on Skull Island sends for the Dynamic Duo and shows them a set he has built for a movie in production...a wall to keep out a creature that is wrecking his production equipment and preventing the movie from being completed for some unknown reason.

Characters
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Robin [Dick Grayson]
  • Cory Blane (film producer)
  • Professor Carter (technical producer)
  • Charles Devon (big-game hunter, technical producer)
  • Tod Martin (villain, Blane's assistant, introduction)
  • Locto (mechanical creature, villain, death)
Credits
You've Got a Comet by the Tail

Featuring Mystery in Space; Space Adventures

Story 3 1 page
Story Notes

House ad for Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #42 and Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #89, with cover repros.

Story 4 1 page humor

"Umm-- My wife put this string on my finger..."

Characters
  • Casey the Cop
Ownership, Management, and Circulation of Detective Comics (1)
Story 5 0 pages
Credits
Story Notes

Statement for October 1, 1957.

The Flushing Remonstrance
Story 6 1 page non-fiction; advocacy
Credits
The Menace of the Super Weapons
Story 7 6 pages superhero
Storyline

Manhunter is helpless to stop Waldo Wilson's super weapons.

Characters
  • Martian Manhunter [John Jones
  • J'onn J'onzz]
  • Captain Harding (supporting)
  • Waldo Wilson (intro, villain)
Credits
Danger Trail
Story 8 1 page adventure
Story 9 2 pages humor

"The Commissioner is visiting our prison tomorrow."

Characters
  • Warden Willis
  • Commissioner
The Undersea City
Story 10 6 pages detective-mystery
Characters
  • Roy Raymond
  • Karen (supporting)
  • Horace Wakely (intro)
Credits
Story 11 1 page

Featuring Jail Jests

Story 12 1 page humor

"I did not say that!"

Characters
  • Spike
  • Schultz
Story 13 1 page
Story 14 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Magic Magnifier Helps Betty & Jim Solve Big "Jewel Mystery!"
Story 15 1 page
Credits
Story Notes

Sold by Wilson Chemical Co. Back cover.