Detective Comics, #252
Published: February 1958
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Issue Contents:
The Creature from the Green Lagoon!
Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]
- Robin [Dick Grayson]
Credits
- Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
- Inks: Sheldon Moldoff
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The Creature from the Green Lagoon
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
- Script: Dave Wood
- Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
- Inks: Charles Paris
You've Got a Comet by the Tail
Featuring Mystery in Space; Space Adventures
Story Notes
House ad for Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #42 and Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #89, with cover repros.
"Umm-- My wife put this string on my finger..."
Characters
- Casey the Cop
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Ownership, Management, and Circulation of Detective Comics (1)
The Flushing Remonstrance
Credits
- Script: Jack Schiff (uncertain)
- Letters: Ira Schnapp
- Pencils: Bob Brown
- Inks: Bob Brown
The Menace of the Super Weapons
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
- Script: Jack Miller
- Pencils: Joe Certa
- Inks: Joe Certa
Danger Trail
"The Commissioner is visiting our prison tomorrow."
Characters
- Warden Willis
- Commissioner
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
The Undersea City
Characters
- Roy Raymond
- Karen (supporting)
- Horace Wakely (intro)
Credits
- Pencils: Ruben Moreira
- Inks: Ruben Moreira
Featuring Jail Jests
"I did not say that!"
Characters
- Spike
- Schultz
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Magic Magnifier Helps Betty & Jim Solve Big "Jewel Mystery!"
Credits
- Pencils: Ray Thompson
- Inks: Ray Thompson
Story Notes
Sold by Wilson Chemical Co. Back cover.