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Comics - Ongoing - Detective Comics - Issue #280

DETECTIVE COMICS #280
COVER TAGLINE: None
TITLE: The Menace of the Atomic Man
STORY ARC: None

COVER DATE: June, 1960

WRITER: Bill Finger
ARTIST: Sheldon Moldoff
INKER: Charles Paris
EDITORS: Jack Schiff
COVER: Sheldon Moldoff

PRICE: $.12 U.S.

CHARACTERS: Batman (Bruce Wayne); Robin (Dick Grayson); Ace the Bat-Hound

PLOT:
After his release from prison, criminal Paul Strobe plots revenge against his former business partners: Hayes, Jenkins, and Barker. Strobe invents atomic goggles which give him extraordinary abilities, then begins his revenge scheme. Batman interferes, but Atomic Man escapes. When the crook strikes again, he uses his goggles to make Batman’s cowl transparent, but the Caped Crusader anticipated the move and covered his face with make-up to protect his identity. Finally, Batman defeats Strobe and his gang.

TITLE: Prof. Wetzel's Mystery

WRITER: Unknown
ARTIST: Ruben Moreira
INKER: Ruben Moreira
CHARACTERS: Roy Raymond

PLOT:
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TITLE: Bodyguard to a Bandit

WRITER: Jack Miller
ARTIST: Joe Certa
INKER: Joe Certa
CHARACTERS: Martian Manhunter; Captain Harding

PLOT:
John Jones is informed that crook Biff Benson wishes to be caught and sent to prison. In order to learn the true purpose of Benson’s scheme, John protects the crook and prevents him from getting into trouble with the law. Benson eventually reveals his plan to kill a prison inmate that is set to testify against gang boss Sam Spooner. Once the plan is revealed, the witness is protected, and Benson is arrested.

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