CATALOG RECORD

Detective Comics #235

DC · Series began 1937 · September 1956

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Dates

Cover date: September 1956
On sale: July 24, 1956
Pages: 36

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Sheldon Moldoff, Henry Boltinoff, Ruben Moreira, Joe Certainks: Sheldon Moldoff, Stan Kaye, Henry Boltinoff, Ruben Moreira, Joe Certaletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoff, Pat Gordonscript: Bill Finger, Henry Boltinoff

Stories

The First Batman · 10 pages
The discovery of an old Batman-type costume in Bruce Wayne's attic re-opens the Wayne murder case, and helps him realize that Joey Chill had ONLY been hired to kill his parents...and the real man responsible was still alive and free.
The Hour of Hoaxes · 6 pages
The Black Museum · 1 pages
The World's Greatest Magician · 6 pages
Jones becomes a circus magician in order to smoke out a thief.

Reprinted in

Batman (1940), The Hundred Comic Monthly (1956), Batman Annual (1959), Batman Annual (1961), The Best of DC (1979), The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (1988), The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (1989), The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (1989), Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (2007), Batman: Secrets of the Batcave (2007), DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals (2009), Batman: The Black Casebook (2009), Batman in the Fifties (2021)