Unofficial Detective Comics Index

DETECTIVE COMICS #228

Cover Date: February 1956
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1955-12-20

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer

Story: "The Outlaw Batman" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Pencils	Bob Kane
Inks	Charles Paris
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Supporting Character(s):

Robin

Alfred Pennyworth

Villain(s):

Spade Stinson (first appearance; poses as a doctor and aides Batman while giving him drugs that cause him to commit crimes)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Wayne Manor

Batcave

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Second Story: "The Machine that Captured the Past" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Ruben Moreira
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Roy Raymond

Supporting Character(s):

Karen Duncan

Other Character(s):

Duke Sandor (first appearance; rigs a viewing machine to see the "past")

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Third Story: "Escape to the Stars" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Dave Wood
Art	Joe Certa
Lettering	Pat Gordon
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Martian Manhunter (first use of "x-ray vision"; very brief origin flashback)

Villain(s):

Alex Dunster and his gang (first appearance for all; steals scientific objects to use in his crimes; repairs Erdel's Gate but is destroyed so it cannot be used for crime)

Other Character(s):

Captain Harding (first appearance; J'onn's superior at the police station)

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #1 (2007)

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