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DETECTIVE COMICS #225
Cover Date: November 1955
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1955-09-27
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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer
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Credits:
| Story | Edmond Hamilton |
| Pencils | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Inks | Charles Paris |
| Editing | Jack 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):
Credits:
| Story | Jack Miller |
| Art | Ruben Moreira |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
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)
Credits:
| Story | Joe Samachson |
| Art | Joe Certa |
| Lettering | Pat Gordon |
| Editing | Jack 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)