Detective Comics Vol 1 226
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"When Batman Was Robin"
"Roy Raymond - Super Athlete"
"The Case of the Magic Baseball"
Appearing in "When Batman Was Robin"
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- Arthur Mellon (Single appearance)
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- Bellew (Single appearance)
- Gerritt (Single appearance)
- Van Marden (Single appearance)
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Synopsis for "When Batman Was Robin"
When the late detective Harvey Harris has an old Robin costume sent to the Wayne estate, the modern Robin first learns of how a teenaged Bruce Wayne created the costume and identity of Robin to secretly become the apprentice of Harris and learn the art of detection.
Appearing in "Roy Raymond - Super Athlete"
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Synopsis for "Roy Raymond - Super Athlete"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in "The Case of the Magic Baseball"
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- Brad Devon (Single appearance)
- Trigger Tom Taylor (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Big Bob Michaels (Single appearance)
- Saunders (Single appearance)
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Synopsis for "The Case of the Magic Baseball"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Notes
- Batman appeared last in Batman #96. He appears next in Detective Comics #227.
- Alfred Pennyworth appeared last in Detective Comics #225. He appears next in World's Finest Comics #80.
- Robin appeared last in Batman #96. He appears next in Detective Comics #227.
- The Martian Manhunter demonstrates the ability to see into the future in this issue. This is not one of his commonly accepted Martian talents and is rarely revisited. In modern continuity, J'onn does not possess this power.
Trivia
- The Batman story from this issue is re-imagined in Untold Legend of the Batman #1.
- The Martian Manhunter's first name is mis-spelled J'onz in this issue.
- This issue contains a "Casey the Cop" humor strip by Henry Boltinoff.
- This issue contains a two-page Jack Miller text story called "Sleuth on the Sawdust Trail".
Related Articles
- Batman image gallery
- Batman quotes page
- Batman Supporting Cast
- Alfred Pennyworth image gallery
- Alfred Pennyworth quotes page
- James Gordon image gallery
- James Gordon quotes page
- Martian Manhunter image gallery
- Martian Manhunter quotes page
- Robin image gallery
- Robin quotes page
- Roy Raymond image gallery
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Batman
- Detective Comics
- Justice League of America (Volume 1)
- Martian Manhunter (Volume 1)
- World's Finest Comics
- Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe II (Batman biography page)
Links and References
- Detective Comics article at Wikipedia
- Detective Comics series index at the Grand Comics Database
- Detective Comics series index at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
- Batman article at Wikipedia
- Batman (Silver Age) biography page at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
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