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| Year = 1959
 
| Year = 1959
   
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| Executive Editor = Whitney Ellsworth
 
| CoverArtist1 = Curt Swan
 
| CoverArtist1 = Curt Swan
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| CoverArtist2 = Stan Kaye
   
| Editor1_1 =
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| Editor1_1 = Jack Schiff
 
| Writer1_1 = Bill Finger
 
| Writer1_1 = Bill Finger
 
| Penciler1_1 = Dick Sprang
 
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| Letterer1_1 =
 
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| Editor2_1 = Jack Schiff
 
| Writer2_1 =
 
| Writer2_1 =
| Penciler2_1 = Joe Certa
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| Penciler2_1 = Ruben Moreira
| Inker2_1 = Joe Certa
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| Inker2_1 = Ruben Moreira
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| Editor3_1 = Jack Schiff
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| Writer3_1 = Jack Miller
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| Penciler3_1 = Joe Certa
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| Inker3_1 = Joe Certa
   
 
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| StoryTitle1 = Peril at Playland Isle
 
| StoryTitle1 = Peril at Playland Isle
 
| Synopsis1 = Batman and Robin investigate the murder of the owner of an island amusement park.
 
| Synopsis1 = Batman and Robin investigate the murder of the owner of an island amusement park.
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| StoryTitle2 = The Golden Lie Detector
 
| StoryTitle2 = Menace of the Martian Weapons!
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| Synopsis2 =
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| StoryTitle3 = Menace of the Martian Weapons!
| Synopsis2 = When some Martian weapons appear on Earth, they are found by gangster Buggsy Roach and used by him in crime-sprees. John Jones is seen changing into J’onn J’onzz by Captain Harding, but Harding assumes that Jones has been physically transformed somehow by one of the Martian weapons. J’onzz invisibly causes an explosion that destroys the weapons and allows him to capture Roach and his gang, but John Jones tells Harding later on he was able to find the weapon that “transformed” him back to his human state before it, too, was destroyed.
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| Synopsis3 = When some Martian weapons appear on Earth, they are found by gangster Buggsy Roach and used by him in crime-sprees. John Jones is seen changing into J’onn J’onzz by Captain Harding, but Harding assumes that Jones has been physically transformed somehow by one of the Martian weapons. J’onzz invisibly causes an explosion that destroys the weapons and allows him to capture Roach and his gang, but John Jones tells Harding later on he was able to find the weapon that “transformed” him back to his human state before it, too, was destroyed.
   
 
| Appearing1 =
 
| Appearing1 =
 
'''Featured Characters:'''
 
'''Featured Characters:'''
*[[Bruce Wayne (Earth-One)|Batman]]
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* [[Bruce Wayne (Earth-One)|Batman]]
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* [[Richard Grayson (Earth-One)|Robin]]
 
'''Supporting Characters:'''
 
'''Supporting Characters:'''
 
* <br/>
 
* <br/>
 
'''Villains:'''
 
'''Villains:'''
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* Carter {{Only}}
* <br/>
 
 
'''Other Characters:'''
 
'''Other Characters:'''
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* Charles Barden {{Only Dies}}
* <br/>
 
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* Edith Barden {{Only}}
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* Macklin {{Only}}
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* Wilton {{Only}}
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* Pete Conn {{Only Dies}}
 
'''Locations:'''
 
'''Locations:'''
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* Playland Isle
* <br/>
 
 
'''Items:'''
 
'''Items:'''
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* [[Batrope]]
* <br/>
 
 
'''Vehicles:'''
 
'''Vehicles:'''
* <br/>
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* None
   
 
| Appearing2 =
 
| Appearing2 =
 
'''Featured Characters:'''
 
'''Featured Characters:'''
*[[J'onn J'onzz (New Earth)|Martian Manhunter]]
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* [[Roy Raymond, Sr. (New Earth)|Roy Raymond]]
 
'''Supporting Characters:'''
 
'''Supporting Characters:'''
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* Karen Duncan
* <br/>
 
 
'''Villains:'''
 
'''Villains:'''
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* Peter Zembler {{Only}}
* <br/>
 
 
'''Other Characters:'''
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* Malko (Prime Minister) {{Only}}
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'''Locations:'''
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* A small country in [[Europe]]
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'''Items:'''
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* None
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'''Vehicles:'''
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* None
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| Appearing3 =
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'''Featured Characters:'''
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* [[J'onn J'onzz (New Earth)|Martian Manhunter]]
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'''Supporting Characters:'''
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* [[Captain Harding (New Earth)|Captain Harding]]
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'''Villains:'''
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* Buggsy Roach {{Only}}
 
'''Other Characters:'''
 
'''Other Characters:'''
 
* <br/>
 
* <br/>
 
'''Locations:'''
 
'''Locations:'''
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* [[Colorado]]
* <br/>
 
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** [[Middleton]]
 
'''Items:'''
 
'''Items:'''
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* Weapons from Mars
* <br/>
 
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** Super Magnet
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** Paralyzing Ray
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** Heat Ray
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** Super Radarscope
 
'''Vehicles:'''
 
'''Vehicles:'''
* <br/>
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* None
   
| Notes =
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| Notes = * "Peril at Playland Isle" is reprinted in [[Batman Vol 1 187|''Batman'' #187]].
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* "Menace of the Martian Weapons!" is reprinted in [[Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter Vol 1 1|''Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter''#1]]
 
| Trivia =
 
| Trivia =
 
| Recommended =
 
| Recommended =
 
| Links =
 
| Links =
 
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{{Missing Characters}}
 

Revision as of 09:02, 14 November 2010

"Peril at Playland Isle": Batman and Robin investigate the murder of the owner of an island amusement park.

Detective Comics #264 is an issue of the series Detective Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of February, 1959.

Synopsis for "Peril at Playland Isle"

Batman and Robin investigate the murder of the owner of an island amusement park.

Appearing in "Peril at Playland Isle"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:


Villains:

  • Carter (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

  • Charles Barden (Single appearance; dies)
  • Edith Barden (Single appearance)
  • Macklin (Single appearance)
  • Wilton (Single appearance)
  • Pete Conn (Single appearance; dies)

Locations:

  • Playland Isle

Items:

Vehicles:

  • None

Synopsis for "The Golden Lie Detector"


Appearing in "The Golden Lie Detector"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

  • Karen Duncan

Villains:

  • Peter Zembler (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

  • Malko (Prime Minister) (Single appearance)

Locations:

Items:

  • None

Vehicles:

  • None

Synopsis for "Menace of the Martian Weapons!"

When some Martian weapons appear on Earth, they are found by gangster Buggsy Roach and used by him in crime-sprees. John Jones is seen changing into J’onn J’onzz by Captain Harding, but Harding assumes that Jones has been physically transformed somehow by one of the Martian weapons. J’onzz invisibly causes an explosion that destroys the weapons and allows him to capture Roach and his gang, but John Jones tells Harding later on he was able to find the weapon that “transformed” him back to his human state before it, too, was destroyed.

Appearing in "Menace of the Martian Weapons!"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Villains:

  • Buggsy Roach (Single appearance)

Other Characters:


Locations:

Items:

  • Weapons from Mars
    • Super Magnet
    • Paralyzing Ray
    • Heat Ray
    • Super Radarscope

Vehicles:

  • None

Notes

  • "Peril at Playland Isle" is reprinted in Batman #187.
  • "Menace of the Martian Weapons!" is reprinted in Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter#1



See Also


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