Unofficial Detective Comics Index

DETECTIVE COMICS #237

Cover Date: November 1956
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1956-09-23

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Cover Credits:
Art: Sheldon Moldoff

Story: "Search for a New Robin" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Creators: saw no args

Feature Character(s):

Batman (temporarily takes the name Barney Warren after Bruce Wayne is thought to be dead; next in World's Finest Comics #85)

Robin (next in World's Finest Comics #85)

Supporting Character(s):

Commissioner Gordon (next in World's Finest Comics #85)

Alfred Pennyworth (next in Batman Vol. 1 #104)

Villain(s):

Unnamed crooks (first appearance for all; try to kill Bruce Wayne)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Wayne Manor

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Second Story: "Fingers of Flame" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jack Miller
Art	Ruben Moreita
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Roy Raymond

Supporting Character(s):

Karen

Villain(s):

Dutch Jones and his gang (first appearance for all; counterfeiters)

Other Character(s):

Cal Cooper (first appearance; hosts Impossible, But True while Roy is indisposed)

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Third Story: "The Sleuth who Went to Jail" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Joe Certa
Lettering	Pat Gordon
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Martian Manhunter

Supporting Character(s):

Captain Harding

Villain(s):

The Warden and his crew (first appearance for all; run a "prison" for crooks who don't follow the orders of their gang)

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #1 (2007)

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