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Issue: Detective Comics #280
Publication Date: June 1960
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Issues: #280 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: 04/26/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration. Printed in the U.S.A.
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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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Menace of the Atomic-Man!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Atomic-Man [Paul Strobe] (villain)
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Joe Weider; Clancy Ross
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad with response coupon.
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The Menace of the Atomic Man

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ace the Bat-Hound (supporting); Atomic-Man [Paul Strobe] (intro, villain); Henry Hayes
First Line: He was a human cyclotron -- a criminal who possessed the power to alter the atomic structure of anything he looked at!
Synopsis: A weird criminal uses eye beams to change the atomic structure of things.
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Pages: 12.67
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Feature(s): World's Finest Comics; Batman
First Line: This famous symbol is your guarantee of the best in comics reading
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Pages: 0.33
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop
First Line: I'm lucky! There's a place to park!
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Pages: 1
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The Readers' Choice!

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Feature(s): The Brave and the Bold; Justice League of America; Showcase; Rip Hunter... Time Master
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Pages: 1
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Prof. Wetzel's Mystery Ray!

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Roy Raymond (disguised as Professor Wetzel); Karen (supporting); Mack Mason; gangsters; police; firemen
First Line: It was the most astonishing invention ever conceived by man -- a ray capable of changing the molecular structure of any object!
Synopsis: In order to capture a gang of crooks, Roy Raymond fakes a transformation ray so that the crooks will kidnap him, this leading police to their hideout.
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Pages: 5.67
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Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!

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Feature(s): House of Secrets; House of Mystery; Tales of the Unexpected
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Pages: 0.33
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Genres: humorous
First Line: I'm glad your commission approves of my prison!
Synopsis: The convicts outwit Warden Willis.
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Superman
First Line: Be my guest at the 5 ring Hunt Bros. Royal International Circus
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Pages: 1
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Cold Clue!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Lt. Martinelli; interne; Otto Krauss (baker, robbery victim); Buddy Gray (hold-up man)
First Line: Lt. Martinelli listened to the shrill scream of the siren atop his squad car, and watched the traffic scatter like frightened pigeons before an onrushing beast.
Synopsis: Otto tricks Buddy into leaving a fingerprint at the scene of the crime.
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Bodyguard to a Bandit

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting); Biff Benson (intro, villain)
First Line: Can you imagine the Manhunter from Mars using his fantastic powers to keep a criminal from going to prison?
Synopsis: Jones is assigned to keep a criminal who wants to go to jail from getting there.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #1 published September 2007
as Bodyguard to a Bandit [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6.67
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Feature(s): Challengers of the Unknown; Tomahawk
First Line: For the very best...
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Pages: 0.33
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First Line: Do you want spending money?
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Pages: 1
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Be Your Own Boss!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Character(s): Phil; Jim
First Line: Monday...
Synopsis: Phil puts off his book report so long that he cuts himself out of food opportunity.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. P.S.A. in comic-story form.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Abraham Lincoln; Ulysses S. Grant; Theodore Roosevelt; George Washington
First Line: Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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