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DETECTIVE COMICS #278

Cover Date: April 1960
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1960-03-01

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Cover Credits:
Art: Sheldon Moldoff


Story: "The Man Who Became a Giant" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Creators: saw no args

Feature Character(s):

Batman
Robin

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):

Gotham City

Comment(s):

Condon may have invented a variant of the giant formula used by Professor Hugo Strange.


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Second Story: "The 5th Dimension Trap" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtRuben Moreira
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Roy Raymond

Supporting Character(s):

Karen Duncan

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?)


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Third Story: "The Defeat of J'onn J'onzz" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Miller
ArtJoe Certa
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Martian Manhunter

Supporting Character(s):

Captain Harding

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)


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