Detective Comics, #265

Published: March 1959

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Detective Comics #265

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Issue Contents:
Batman's First Case!
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Robin [Dick Grayson]
  • The Clock [Kyle] (villain)
Credits
Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Batman's First Case
Story 2 12 pages superhero
Storyline

The sudden appearance of a new criminal basing his crime on time jogs Batman's memory into remembering that this criminal was his very first case after his parents were killed, and if the Clock has his way, the current case against him will be the Caped Crusader's last!

Characters
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne] (origin)
  • Robin [Dick Grayson]
  • Thomas Wayne (cameo, flashback)
  • Martha Wayne (cameo, flashback)
  • unnamed criminology professor (flashback)
  • Tom Rogers (introduction, ex-convict and friend of Kyle)
  • unnamed prison warden
  • Joe Chill (villain, cameo, flashback)
  • The Clock [Kyle] (villain, introduction)
Story Notes

Batman's first case with origin re-cap. Oddity: This story, in its story-telling and sequences used, is identical to that from the Robin vs. the Clock story found in Star-Spangled Comics #74 (November 1947).

Story 3 0 pages
Batman Gets a New Partner!

Featuring Batman

Story 4 1 page
Canine Teachers!
Story 5 1 page non-fiction; animal
The Family Favorite!
Story 6 1 page advocacy
Story 7 1 page
The Menace of the Deadly Lights!
Story 8 6 pages detective-mystery
Characters
  • Roy Raymond
  • Karen (supporting)
  • Thorgsen (intro, villain)
  • President Valdes (intro)
Credits
Story 9 0 pages
Story 10 1 page humor

"I finally caught you, Muggsy!"

Characters
  • Casey the Cop
  • Muggsy
Story 11 1 page
Story 12 1 page
Story Notes

Sold by Wilson Chemical Co.

Fingerprints of Guilt
Story 13 1 page crime
The Fantastic Human Falcon
Story 14 6 pages superhero
Storyline

Detective Jones must stop The Falcon and his bird-themed robberies.

Characters
  • Martian Manhunter [John Jones
  • J'onn J'onzz]
  • Captain Harding (supporting)
  • The Human Falcon (intro, villain)
Credits
Story Notes

writer credit by Bob Hughes

Story 15 0 pages
Story 16 1 page
Story 17 1 page
Story 18 1 page
Story 19 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 20 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.