| Unofficial Detective Comics Index |
DETECTIVE COMICS #278
Cover Date: April 1960
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1960-03-01
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Cover Credits:
Art: Sheldon Moldoff
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Credits:
Creators: saw no args
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Professor Simms (first appearance; researcher into hormone based growth; wants to use Condon's formula for crime)
- Three crooks (first appearance for all; treated with the formula and temporarily gain giant size)
Other Character(s):
- Steve Condon (first appearance; a research assistant who accidentally temporarily becomes a giant)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- Condon may have invented a variant of the giant formula used by Professor Hugo Strange.
Credits:
| Art | Ruben Moreira |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Yellow and green humanoid aliens (first appearance for all; learn of the dimensional warp and wish to go on a crime spree in our dimension)
Other Character(s):
- Professor Jayson (first appearance; creates a portable sound wave machine that opens a portal to another dimension)
Location(s):
- An unnamed dimension (first appearance?)
Credits:
| Story | Jack Miller |
| Art | Joe Certa |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Rocky Carlin and his gang (first appearance; lured out of hiding by J'onn's defeat by the "Venusians")
Other Character(s):
- "Venusians" (first appearance for all; three policemen dressed up)
Story Reprinted in:
- Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #1 (2007)