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Star Spangled Comics 87

STAR SPANGLED COMICS #87

Cover Date: December 1948
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1948-10-04

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Cover Credits:
Art: Jim Mooney


Story: "The Sinister Baron!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
ArtJim Mooney
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Robin (last in Detective Comics #142; next in Batman #50)

Supporting Character(s):

Batman (last in Detective Comics #142; next in Batman #50)
Commissioner Gordon

Villain(s):

Benny Broot (first appearance; a racketeer who becomes delusional, believing he is a medieval robber baron; dies)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Comment(s):

Finger and Mooney credited as Bob Kane.

Story Reprinted in:

Robin Archives #2 (2010)


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Second Story: "Mr. and Mrs. Jonah!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

ArtChuck Winter
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Captain Compass

Supporting Character(s):

Captain Frank Mumford

Villain(s):

Vroom and Stroud (first appearance for both)

Other Character(s):

Jonas and Anita Elder (first appearance for both; a couple who thought that they were cursed)

Location(s):

S.S. Nautilus
North Atlantic Ocean


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Third Story: "Crime on Ice!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtWin Mortimer
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Girl of 1000 Gimmicks

Supporting Character(s):

John Pemberton

Villain(s):

Three Daredevils (first appearance for all; three ice skaters who hypnotize their audience to steal from them)


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Fourth Story: "The Man Who Built a City!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

ArtFred Ray

Feature Character(s):

Tomahawk

Supporting Character(s):

Dan Hunter

Villain(s):

Rankin and Filcher (first appearance for both; try to destroy the town of settlement called Bayville)

Other Character(s):

Abner Lowell (first appearance; stands with Tomahawk and Dan to save Bayville)

Location(s):

Bayville (in the late 18th Century; later becomes Lowellville)

Comment(s):

This story takes place in 1772.


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