Detective Comics, #339

Published: May 1965

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Detective Comics #339

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Issue Contents:
Batman Battles the Living Beast-Bomb!
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Robin [Dick Grayson]
  • Karmak the Gorilla
Credits
What's Wrong with These Pictures?
Story 1 1 page advocacy
Storyline

a quiz on general manners and safety information for children

Story Notes

Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly. Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated May 1960.

Batman Battles the Living Beast-Bomb!
Story 2 15 pages superhero
Storyline

Walter Hewitt, a loner scientist, develops a ray that gives him the abilities of animals. Unfortunately something goes wrong and a gorilla gets his intelligence and forces him to commit crimes. Batman battles the gorilla but it uses the ray to get Batman's abilities. The gorilla makes a bomb that will go off if he is defeated but Batman figures out how to stop the bomb from exploding.

Characters
  • Batman [Bruce Wayne]
  • Robin [Dick Grayson]
  • Walter Hewitt (first appearance)
  • Karmak the Gorilla (first appearance, villain)
Story Notes

Story is divided into two chapters, the first is 5.67 pages, the second is 9.67 pages.

Story 3 0 pages
Story Notes

On the bottom of page 6 of the previous story sequence.

Super Fun
Story 4 1 page
Story Notes

On the page between page 6 and page 7 of the previous story sequence.

Featuring 80 Page Giant; Superman

Story 5 1 page
Story Notes

On the page between page 8 and page 9 of the previous story sequence.

Bob Breaks the Barrier!
Story 6 1 page
Story Notes

On the page between page 8 and page 9 of the previous story sequence.

Featuring Green Lantern; Batman

Story 7 0 pages
Story 8 1 page anthropomorphic-funny animals
Story 9 1 page
Story Notes

Letters from Tom Dietz, Mike Friedrich (future comics writer and publisher), Danny McComas, Mark Dillman, and Annette Richards.

The Counterfeit Crime-Buster!
Story 10 9 pages superhero
Characters
  • Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]
  • Batman (guest star)
Story 11 1 page
Story Notes

On the page between page 2 and page 3 of the previous story sequence.

Featuring 80 Page Giant; Superboy

Story 12 1 page
Story Notes

On the page between page 4 and page 5 of the previous story sequence.

Story 13 1 page
Story Notes

On the page between page 4 and page 5 of the previous story sequence.

Featuring Showcase; The Atom

Story 14 0 pages
10 Issues of Detective for Only $1.00
Story 15 1 page
Story 16 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Story 17 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover.