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Detective Comics #225

DC · Series began 1937 · November 1955

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Dates

Cover date: November 1955
On sale: September 27, 1955
Pages: 36

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Win Mortimer, Sheldon Moldoff, Ruben Moreira, Henry Boltinoff, Al Capp, Joe Certainks: Win Mortimer, Charles Paris, Ruben Moreira, Henry Boltinoff, Al Capp, Joe Certaletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoff, Pat Gordonscript: Edmond Hamilton, Jack Schiff, Jack Miller, Henry Boltinoff, Al Capp

Stories

If I Were Batman · 12 pages
The Money That Came to Life! · 6 pages
Untitled · 0.67 pages
Casey responds to a cry for help from inside a gym.
Untitled · 0.75 pages
Vic wonders why his friend Bill never has any money.
Four Tricks of the Detective's Trade · 2 pages
The Strange Experiment of Dr. Erdel · 6 pages
A scientist builds a robot brain which teleports a Martian to Earth. After the scientist dies the Martian is trapped here, so he decides to become a police detective.
Untitled · 0.5 pages
Homer finds the best time to hit the beach.

Reprinted in

Millennium Edition: Detective Comics 225 (2001), DC Silver Age Classics Detective Comics 225 (1992), World's Finest Comics (1941), Secret Origins (1961), Mysteries in Space: The Best of DC Science Fiction Comics (1980), Secret Origins Replica Edition (1998), Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (2007), DC Universe Secret Origins (2012), DC Universe: Secret Origins (2013), Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman (2019), Martian Manhunter: Identity (2020)