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DETECTIVE COMICS #282
Cover Date: August 1960
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1960-06-28
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Cover Credits:
Art: Sheldon Moldoff
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Credits:
| Story | Bill Finger |
| Pencils | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Inks | Charles Paris |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Joe Hacket and his gang (Paul Strobe; first appearance; an electrical engineer who uses atomic structure altering goggles to get revenge; also in flashback to "seven years ago")
- Two other groups of criminals (first appearance for all)
- A space spider (first appearance)
- Zan-Rak and his gang (first appearance; an alien criminal who steal the Star-Stone, whose radiations cure an Alcorian fatal illness)
Other Character(s):
- Tal-Dar (first appearance; an otherworldly lawman who solves his cases by accident; comes to Earth to learn from Batman)
Location(s):
- Gotham City
- Alcor (first appearance; home of Tal-Dar)
Credits:
| Art | Ruben Moreira |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Roy Raymond (poses as Professor Wetzel)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Jonathan (first appearance; fakes destroying Prof. Wembly's machine and uses it to cause chaos to commit crimes; machine destroyed)
Other Character(s):
- Professor Wembly (first appearance; creates a machine that causes mass hallucinations)
Credits:
| Story | Jack Miller |
| Art | Joe Certa |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Martian Manhunter (fakes giving Diane super-powers to keep a gang away from her)
Supporting Character(s):
- Captain Harding
- Diane Meade (in between issues #275/3 and #284/3; led to believe she has super-powers)
Villain(s):
- Cleat Groves and his gang (first appearance)
Story Reprinted in:
- Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #1 (2007)