Unofficial Detective Comics Index

DETECTIVE COMICS #263

Cover Date: January 1959
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1958-11-25

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye

Story: "The Secret of the Fantastic Weapons" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Charles Paris
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Batman

Robin

Villain(s):

Professor (first appearance)

Smite and Bragan (first appearance; thugs working for Smite)

Other Character(s):

Odin (first appearance; an alien that long ago left service machines that Smite uses to commit robberies)

Location(s):

Mexico

Gotham City

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Second Story: "The Man Who Made Dreams Come True!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Ruben Moreira
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Roy Raymond

Supporting Character(s):

Karen

Villain(s):

Leroy Legge (first appearance; uses a small tape recorder in a jewel to cause dreams to those near it)

Other Character(s):

Jim Peters (first appearance; President of the studio that produces Impossible, But True)

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Third Story: "The Crime Conjurer!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Joe Certa
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Martian Manhunter

Supporting Character(s):

Captain Harding

Villain(s):

The Conjurer (first appearance; uses magic tricks to commit robberies)

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter #1 (2007)

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