Unofficial Detective Comics Index

DETECTIVE COMICS #280

Cover Date: June 1960
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1960-04-26

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Cover Credits:
Art: Sheldon Moldoff

Story: "The Menace of the Atomic Man" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Creators: saw no args

Feature Character(s):

Batman (also in flashback to "seven years ago")

Robin

Supporting Character(s):

Ace the Bat-Hound

Villain(s):

Atomic-Man and his gang (Paul Strobe; first appearance; an electrical engineer who uses atomic structure altering goggles to get revenge; also in flashback to "seven years ago")

Location(s):

Gotham City

Batcave

Comment(s):

The reference to "seven years ago" may be topical.

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Second Story: "Prof. Wetzel's Mysterious Ray!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Ruben Moreira
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Roy Raymond (poses as Professor Wetzel)

Supporting Character(s):

Karen Duncan

Villain(s):

Unnamed smugglers (first appearance; steal a fake alteration ray to smuggle statues out of the country)

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Third Story: "Bodyguard to a Bandit" (7 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jack Miller
Art	Joe Certa
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Martian Manhunter

Supporting Character(s):

Captain Harding

Villain(s):

'Biff Benton (first appearance; a crook who is trying to get into prison so he can kill a potential witness)

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #1 (2007)

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