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Issue: Detective Comics #225
Publication Date: November 1955
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Issues: #225 of 883 Issues (1409 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/27/1955
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color interior
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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If I Were Batman!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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In Content Item: FlagDC Silver Age Classics Detective Comics 225 #[nn] published April 1992
as If I Were Batman! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published January 2001
as DC Introduces the First Hero of the Silver Age [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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If I Were Batman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
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In Content Item: FlagDC Silver Age Classics Detective Comics 225 #[nn] published April 1992
as If I Were Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published January 2001
as If I Were Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Buzzy Asks: "Do You Know Your Neighbors?"

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Genres: opinion, teen
Character(s): Buzzy Brown
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The Money That Came to Life!

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Roy Raymond
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In Content Item: FlagDC Silver Age Classics Detective Comics 225 #[nn] published April 1992
as The Money That Came to Life! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published January 2001
as The Money That Came to Life! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop
First Line: Hmm - This gym must be new around here!
Synopsis: Casey responds to a cry for help from inside a gym.
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In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published January 2001
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.67
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Varsity Vic; Bill
First Line: Are you sure?
Synopsis: Vic wonders why his friend Bill never has any money.
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In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published January 2001
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.75
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Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Al Capp]
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Genres: humorous
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Four Tricks of the Detective's Trade

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Genres: non-fiction
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In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published January 2001
as Four Tricks of the Detective's Trade [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz; aka John Jones] (introduction, origin); Dr. Mark Erdel (introduction, death); Lt. Saunders
Synopsis: A scientist builds a robot brain which teleports a Martian to Earth. After the scientist dies the Martian is trapped here, so he decides to become a police detective.
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In Content Item: FlagSecret Origins #1 published January 1961
as The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #175 published May 1968
as The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #2/1969 published January 1969
as Das seltsame Experiment des Dr. Erdel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #226 published November 1974
as The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMysteries in Space: The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics #[nn] published April 1980
as The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Silver Age Classics Detective Comics 225 #[nn] published April 1992
as The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSecret Origins Replica Edition #1 published February 1998
as The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published January 2001
as The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #1 published September 2007
as The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Samachson is current DC credit, as seen in Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1.

Plot is similar to "The Galaxy Being", first episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. The show first aired on 16 September 1963. In it, Allan Maxwell, an engineer for a small radio station, somehow makes contact with a peaceful alien creature, who gets transported to Earth by accident.
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We Point with Pride to Our "Hall of Trophies!"

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Homer
First Line: Tum ta tum
Synopsis: Homer finds the best time to hit the beach.
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In Content Item: FlagMillennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 #[nn] [Direct Sales] published January 2001
as Rainy Beach Weather [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.5
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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