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Issue: Detective Comics #235
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 07/24/1956
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint; glossy
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The First Batman!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batman [Dr. Thomas Wayne]; Lew Moxon
Reprinting
FlagBatman Annual #4 published January 1962
as The Secret Adventures of Batman and Robin [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagThe Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn] published May 1992
as Foreword - Mike Gold [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]cover illustration
FlagBatman: The Black Casebook #[nn] published August 2009
as Introduction [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
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DeLuxe Photo Service
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
The First Batman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder
Batman [Bruce Wayne] (origin re-cap); Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Dr. Thomas Wayne [as Bat-Man] (cameo, flashback); Martha Wayne (cameo, flashback); Lew Moxon (villain, introduction, death); Joey Chill (villain, death)
The discovery of an old Batman-type costume in Bruce Wayne's attic re-opens the Wayne murder case, and helps him realize that Joey Chill had ONLY been hired to kill his parents...and the real man responsible was still alive and free.
Reprinting
FlagBatman Annual #4 published January 1962
as The First Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman #255 published March 1974
as The First Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagLynvingen #7/1975 published July 1975
as Den første Lynvingen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagLäderlappen #7/1975 published July 1975
as Den första Läderlappen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Best of DC #2 published November 1979
as The First Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[1] published August 1988
as The First Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[nn] published December 1988
as The First Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[nn] published June 1989
as The First Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuper-Team #6/1992 published January 1992
as Den förste Läderlappen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBatman: The Black Casebook #[nn] published August 2009
as The First Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #2 published October 2010
as The First Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGrant Morrison présente Batman #4 published January 2013
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Panel 7 on page 6 is Moldoff's recreation of the scene from Batman #9's cover.
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Kellogg's Corn Flakes
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Casey the Cop
Good morning.
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

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typeset
Subject Matter
Garcelon Stamp Co.
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Miscellaneous
1
The Hour of Hoaxes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
mystery
Roy Raymond; Karen; unnamed spy (villain, introduction)
Reprinting
FlagThe Hundred Comic Monthly #6 published March 1957
as The Hour of Hoaxes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
The Big Dance

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
opinion
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Miscellaneous
1
Here Are the Prizes

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
3
The Black Museum

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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? (spot illustration)
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typeset
Subject Matter
adventure
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Miscellaneous
1
The World's Greatest Magician

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz; aka John Jones]; Captain Harding; The Phantom Thief [Jojo] (villain, introduction); Daro (villain, introduction); Zodak (villain, introduction)
Jones becomes a circus magician in order to smoke out a thief.
Reprinting
FlagShowcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #1 published September 2007
as The World's Greatest Magician [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Stephens Credit Sales
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Cheerful Card Company
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

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The National Sports Council
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Miscellaneous
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Inside back cover.
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Schwinn Phantom
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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