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Issue #247
Mar 23, 2026
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Aug 20, 1957
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Sep 22, 1957
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Oct 22, 1957
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Nov 24, 1957
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Dec 22, 1957
Issue #253
Jan 28, 1958
Issue #254
Feb 25, 1958
Issue #255
Mar 25, 1958
Issue #256
Apr 24, 1958
Issue #257
May 22, 1958
Issue #258
Jun 24, 1958
Issue #259
Jul 24, 1958
Issue #260
Aug 21, 1958
Issue #261
Sep 25, 1958
Issue #262
Oct 23, 1958
Issue #263
Nov 25, 1958
Issue #264
Dec 24, 1958
Issue #265
Jan 22, 1959
Issue #266
Feb 24, 1959
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Batman's Invincible Foe
A key issue noted for Debut of the Whirly-Bat. Detective Comics #257 was published by DC Comics on July 1, 1958, as part of a series that began in 1937. Arnold Drake and Henry Boltinoff write, and art comes from Charles Paris, Curt Swan and Joe Certa. This 36-page issue features Batman, Dick Grayson, James Gordon, Martian Manhunter and Roy Raymond, among 9 characters catalogued on VerseDB.
Series
Issue Number
#257
Release Date
May 22, 1958
Cover Date
July 1958
Cover Price
$0.10
Page Count
36
Series Details
Title
Publisher
Type
Regular Series
Status
Completed
Run
1937 - 2011
Issues Count
883
Key Issue
- Debut of the Whirly-Bat
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Arnold Drake
Writer
Henry Boltinoff
Writer, Penciller, Inker, Letterer
Irwin Hasen
Writer, Artist, Inker
Jack Miller
Writer
Jack Schiff
Writer, Editor
Martin Naydel
Writer, Penciller, Inker, Letterer
Joe Certa
Artist, Penciller, Inker
Curt Swan
Penciller, Cover Artist
Ray Thompson
Penciller, Inker
Ruben Moreira
Penciller, Inker
Sheldon Moldoff
Penciller
Charles Paris
Inker
Characters
Teams
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