Unofficial Detective Comics Index

DETECTIVE COMICS #255

Cover Date: May 1958
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1958-03-25

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Cover Credits:
Art: Sheldon Moldoff

Story: "Death in Dinosaur Hall" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Bill Finger
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff (as Bob Kane)
Inks	Charles Paris
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Robin

Villain(s):

Carl Danton (first appearance; assistant to the director of a new museum; kills him to cover up embezzlement)

Fingers Nolan (first appearance; a jewel thief)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Story Reprinted in:

Batman Annual #6 (Winter 1963-4)

DC Comics Classics Library: The Batman Annuals #2 (2010)

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Second Story: "The Stranger from Saturn" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Ruben Moreita
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Roy Raymond

Supporting Character(s):

Karen

Other Character(s):

Rocky Watson (first appearance; attempts to fake a Saturnian kidnapping to return to the United States)

Location(s):

A Pacific Island

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Third Story: "World-Wide Manhunt!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jack Miller
Art	Joe Certa
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Martian Manhunter

Supporting Character(s):

Captain Harding

Villain(s):

Horace Stone and his gang (first appearance for all; kills a business partner)

Location(s):

Coral Sea

Belgian Congo

Tibet

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #1 (2007)

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