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Comics - Ongoing - Detective Comics - Issue #226

DETECTIVE COMICS #226
COVER TAGLINE: All New Stories
COVER DATE: December, 1955
COVER: J. Winslow Mortimer
PRICE: $.10 U.S.


TITLE: When Batman Was Robin
STORY ARC: None

WRITER: Edmond Hamilton
ARTIST: Dick Sprang
INKER: Charles Paris
EDITORS: Jack Schiff

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

PLOT:
Bruce Wayne receives a package in the mail from detective Harvey Harris. The package contains a Robin costume.

Batman then explains to Robin that years before he became Batman, he wore the Robin costume and trained with Harris. Bruce wore the costume to protect his identity while learning to be a detective.

The package contains a letter explaining that Harvey had discovered Bruce was his pupil. He was then able to conclude Bruce became Batman years later. Harvey’s letter then explains that he kept the secret to himself and with his death, the secret went to the grave with him.

TITLE: Roy Raymond -- Super Athlete

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

CHARACTERS: Roy Raymond

PLOT:
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TITLE: The Case of the Magic Baseball

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

CHARACTERS: Martian Manhunter (J’onn J’onzz); Lt. Saunders

PLOT:
Baseball pitcher Big Bob Michaels has a prison sentence in his past. Gangster Brad Devon has bet a large amount of money on the team Michaels is pitching against, and warns the ex-con that if he wins, his criminal past will be publicly revealed. Lt. Saunders asks John Jones to keep an eye on the pitcher. Learning of the extortion plot, Jones uses his Martian mind-over-matter powers to help Michaels win the game. Then, when Devon and his men try to rub out Michaels, Jones is on hand to capture them.

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