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Comics - Ongoing - Detective Comics - Issue #240

DETECTIVE COMICS #240
COVER TAGLINE: None
COVER DATE: February, 1957
COVER: Sheldon Moldoff
PRICE: $.10 U.S.

TITLE: The Outlaw Batman
STORY ARC: None

WRITER: Edmond Hamilton
ARTIST: Sheldon Moldoff
INKER: Stan Kaye
EDITORS: Jack Schiff

CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Commissioner James Gordon; Alfred Pennyworth

PLOT:
Police follow an escaping crook into a building and discover a Bat-Cave underneath. Inside this Bat-Cave they find loot from various cases Batman has worked on and records implicating the Caped Crusader. Batman is soon arrested as a thief.

Though Batman claims innocence, every time he tries to prove himself, he only appears more guilty. The man behind the frame-up is Burt Wever, a broadcaster and crime syndicate chieftain. Batman appears in court to defend himself, and unmasks himself as Wever. The real Wever then blurts out the truth about the frame-up. The district attorney then admits he knew Batman was innocent; he worked with Batman to expose Wever and clear the name of the Caped Crusader.

TITLE: Roy Raymond's Greatest Challenge

WRITER: Jack Miller
ARTIST: Ruben Moreira
INKER: Ruben Moreira

CHARACTERS: Roy Raymond

PLOT:
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TITLE: The Hero Maker

WRITER: Jack Miller
ARTIST: Joe Certa
INKER: Joe Certa
EDITORS: Jack Schiff

CHARACTERS: Martian Manhunter (J’onn J’onzz)

PLOT:
On the last day before his retirement, forty year police vetern Pat Brady laments that he never cracked a big case. To allow his fellow officer to retire as a hero, detective John Jones secretly uses his powers allowing Officer Brady to capture a gang of thieves.

John later spots another opportunity to make a hero out of Brady. This time however he is rendered unconscious by fire. When he recovers he believes the crooks have injured Brady. He is pleasantly surprised to find that Brady handled the crooks on his own and retires a hero.

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