Detective Comics, #253

Published: March 1958

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Detective Comics #253

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Issue Contents:
The Fox, the Shark and the Vulture!
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Robin [Dick Grayson]
  • The Terrible Trio [The Fox
  • The Shark
  • The Vulture]
Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

The Fox, the Shark, and the Vulture
Story 2 12 pages superhero
Storyline

A weird trio hijacks artifacts from a world tour of historical artifacts exhibit. A sharp witted Batman figures out the trio's lair and overcomes them.

Characters
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Robin [Dick Grayson]
  • Commissioner James Gordon
  • The Terrible Trio [The Fox
  • The Shark
  • The Vulture] (villains, introduction for all)
Credits
The Line of Stars
Story 3 1 page
Story 4 1 page humor

"It's quiet here!"

Characters
  • Casey the Cop
Do You Know What's Behind a Law?
Story 5 1 page advocacy
Credits
The Fossil Man
Story 6 6 pages detective-mystery
Characters
  • Roy Raymond
  • Karen (supporting)
  • Acilio Scipio (flashback)
  • Thor Dakar (intro, villain)
Credits
Story 7 2 pages humor

"The emergency siren!"

Characters
  • Warden Willis
  • Hogan
  • Smathers
Bureau of Destroyed Money
Story 8 1 page crime
The Super Reporter!
Story 9 6 pages superhero
Storyline

Gangster Harry Moran starts his own paper in order to drive legitimate papers off the newsstands.

Characters
  • Martian Manhunter [John Jones
  • J'onn J'onzz]
  • Harry Moran (intro, villain)
  • Jim Wade
Credits
Story 10 1 page
Story 11 1 page
Story 12 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 13 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.