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Star Spangled Comics 73

STAR SPANGLED COMICS #73

Cover Date: October 1947
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1947-08-04

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Cover Credits:
Art: Win Mortimer


Story: "The Black Magician!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
PencilsJack Burnley
InksJim Mooney
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Robin (last in Detective Comics #128; next in Batman #43)

Supporting Character(s):

Professor Nichols ("transports" Robin to 1790)

Villain(s):

Count Cagliostro (Joseph Balsamo; first appearance; at least a charlatan or possibly a mystic)

Location(s):

France (in 1790)

Story Reprinted in:

Robin Archives #1 (2005)


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Second Story: "The Carnival Crimes" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Feature Character(s):

Penniless Palmer

Supporting Character(s):

Bunny
Oxie


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Third Story: "Knightless Armor!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtJimmy Thompson
LetteringJimmy Thompson

Feature Character(s):

Robotman

Supporting Character(s):

Robbie the Robotdog

Villain(s):

Unnamed criminals (first appearance for all; use a radio controlled robot in a suit of armor to attempt to steal from a museum)

Comment(s):

Thompson uses a combination of hand lettering and Ames Mechanical lettering.
This story takes place on Robotman's birthday.


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Fourth Story: "Flight of the Crooked Bee!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

ArtWin Mortimer
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Star-Spangled Kid
Stripesy

Supporting Character(s):

John Pemberton
Gloria Pemberton

Villain(s):

Bee Bielaski and his gang (first appearance for all; disguises himself as his famous violinist brother to steal from wealthy homes)

Comment(s):

This story ends on John Pemberton's birthday.


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Fifth Story: "The Old Indian Game!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Samachson
ArtFred Ray
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Tomahawk

Supporting Character(s):

Dan Hunter

Villain(s):

Captain Spain (first appearance; a pirate that tries to retrieve a treasure buried further up the Mississippi River)

Other Character(s):

An American surveyor (not George Washington;see Comments)

Location(s):

Mississippi River
Ohio River Valley

Comment(s):

This appearance of George Washington is out of continuity, as it occurs too early in Tomahawk's timeline.


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