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DETECTIVE COMICS #284

Cover Date: October 1960
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1960-08-25

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Cover Credits:
Art: Sheldon Moldoff


Story: "The Negative Batman" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Creators: saw no args

Feature Character(s):

Batman (temporarily rendered into a negative form; natural light weakens him and is fatal with prolonged exposure)
Robin

Supporting Character(s):

Commissioner Gordon

Villain(s):

Hal Durgin and his gang (first appearance; a scientist becomes a criminal and uses a machine that turns objects into a negative and then stores them in the machine)

Location(s):

Gotham City
Batcave


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Second Story: "Roy Raymond's Destructive Powers" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtRuben Moreira
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Roy Raymond

Supporting Character(s):

Karen Duncan

Villain(s):

Lucky Morana and his insurrectionists (first appearance for all; takes over a small middle eastern nation and fakes Roy having destructive powers to get a gift from the US)

Location(s):

Wanaque (first appearance; a tiny middle eastern nation)


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Third Story: "The Courtship of J'onn J'onzz" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDave Wood
ArtJoe Certa
LetteringStan Starkman
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Martian Manhunter

Supporting Character(s):

Diane Meade (tries several stunts to get John to save her)

Villain(s):

Sonny Sommers and his gang (first appearance for all; accidentally catches Diane, then John)

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #1 (2007)


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