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DETECTIVE COMICS #252

Cover Date: February 1958
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1957-12-22

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Cover Credits:
Art: Sheldon Moldoff


Story: "The Creature from the Green Lagoon" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDave Wood
PencilsSheldon Moldoff (as Bob Kane)
InksCharles Paris
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

Villain(s):

Tod Martin (first appearance; assistant to the director on a horror movie; builds a large robotic monster to shut down shooting)
Locato (first appearance; a large robotic lizard-like construct; destroyed)

Location(s):

Skull Island (first appearance; an island shaped like a human skull in the Pacific Ocean)

Story Reprinted in:

Batman Annual #6 (Winter 1963-4)
Batman in the Fifties (2002)
DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #2 (2010)


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Second Story: "The Menace of the Super Weapons" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Miller
ArtJoe Certa
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Martian Manhunter

Supporting Character(s):

Captain Harding

Villain(s):

Waldo Wilson and his gang (first appearance for all; a inventor of machines that help them commit crimes)

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #1 (2007)


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Third Story: "The Undersea City" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtRuben Moreita
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Roy Raymond

Supporting Character(s):

Karen

Other Character(s):

Horace Wakely (first appearance; a would-be explorer; fakes an undersea group of mermen; accidentally discovers Uranium)

Location(s):

Pacific Ocean


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