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Issue: Detective Comics #235
Publication Date: September 1956
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Issues: #235 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: 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)
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
Format Notes:  
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The First Batman!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batman [Dr. Thomas Wayne]; Lew Moxon
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBatman Annual #4 published January 1962
as The Secret Adventures of Batman and Robin [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn] published May 1992
as Foreword - Mike Gold [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]cover illustration
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Black Casebook #[nn] published August 2009
as Introduction [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The First Batman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): 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)
Synopsis: 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
In Content Item: FlagBatman Annual #4 published January 1962
as The First Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman #255 published March 1974
as The First Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLynvingen #7/1975 published July 1975
as Den første Lynvingen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLäderlappen #7/1975 published July 1975
as Den första Läderlappen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #2 published November 1979
as The First Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[1] published August 1988
as The First Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[nn] published December 1988
as The First Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told #[nn] published June 1989
as The First Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuper-Team #6/1992 published January 1992
as Den förste Läderlappen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBatman: The Black Casebook #[nn] published August 2009
as The First Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #2 published October 2010
as The First Batman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGrant Morrison présente Batman #4 published January 2013
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Panel 7 on page 6 is Moldoff's recreation of the scene from Batman #9's cover.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop
First Line: Good morning.
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The Hour of Hoaxes

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Roy Raymond; Karen; unnamed spy (villain, introduction)
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In Content Item: FlagThe Hundred Comic Monthly #6 published March 1957
as The Hour of Hoaxes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Big Dance

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
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Pages: 1
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Here Are the Prizes

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 3
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The Black Museum

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure, crime, non-fiction
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The World's Greatest Magician

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz; aka John Jones]; Captain Harding; The Phantom Thief [Jojo] (villain, introduction); Daro (villain, introduction); Zodak (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Jones becomes a circus magician in order to smoke out a thief.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #1 published September 2007
as The World's Greatest Magician [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Disclose Notes: Ad for the Schwinn Phantom model.
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