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 Unofficial Detective Comics Index

Detective Comics 225

DETECTIVE COMICS #225

Cover Date: November 1955
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1955-09-27

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer


Story: "If I Were Batman" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton
PencilsSheldon Moldoff
InksCharles Paris
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman (in between World's Finest Comics #78 and #79; pretends to be Batman as Bruce Wayne)

Supporting Character(s):

Robin (in between World's Finest Comics #78 and #79)
Alfred Pennyworth (last in Batman Vol. 1 #92/3)
Commissioner Gordon (last in World's Finest Comics #77; pretends to be Batman; next in Batman Vol. 1 #96)

Villain(s):

John Larrow (first appearance; a swindler)

Other Character(s):

Martin Mayne (first appearance; editor of Gotham Gazette)
Jasper Smivley (first appearance; a bookkeeper; wins contest to be Batman)
Rodney Random (first appearance; a movie star; wins contest to be Batman)

Location(s):

Gotham City


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Second Story: "The Money That Came to Life!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Miller
ArtRuben Moreira
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Roy Raymond

Supporting Character(s):

Karen

Villain(s):

Albert Martin (first appearance; Dr. Rogers' secretary; tries to swindle the Rogers' heirs)

Other Character(s):

Dr. John R. Rogers (first appearance; a wealthy doctor; dies)
Dr. Rogers' children (first appearance for both)


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Third Story: "The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Samachson
ArtJoe Certa
LetteringPat Gordon
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Martian Manhunter (first appearance; a Martian brought to Earth; assumes the identity of John Jones and becomes a policeman)

Other Character(s):

Dr. Mark Erdel (Dr. Saul Mark Erdel; first appearance; creates an "electronic brain" that pulls J'onn from Mars to Earth; dies)
Lt. Saunders (first appearance; Chief of Detectives; gives John his first case)

Story Reprinted in:

Secret Origins Giant #1 (Summer 1961)
World's Finest Comics #175/2 (May 1968)
World's Finest Comics #226/6 (November-December 1974)
DC Silver Age Classics Detective Comics 225 (1992)
Secret Origins Replica Edition #1 (1998)
Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 (January 2001)
Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #1 (2007)


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