Unofficial Star Spangled Comics Index

STAR SPANGLED COMICS #96

Cover Date: September 1949
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1949-07-04

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Cover Credits:
Art: Fred Ray
Colors: Jack Adler

Story: "The Boy Who Could Invent Miracles!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

Story	David Reed
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff
Inks	Jim Mooney
Lettering	Ira Schnapp
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Robin

Supporting Character(s):

Batman

Commissioner Gordon

Villain(s):

Gumdrop Gates and his gang (first appearance for all; try to use a young boy's inventions to commit crimes)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Comment(s):

Moldoff and Mooney credited as Bob Kane.

Dick is in high school in this story, but it may be college.

Story Reprinted in:

Robin Archives #2 (2010)

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Second Story: "The Drums of the Dead!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Fred Ray
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Tomahawk

Supporting Character(s):

Dan Hunter

Other Character(s):

Oneida and Mohawk Indians (first appearance for all; brought together to avoid a war)

Location(s):

Booneville, New York Colony (first appearance)

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Third Story: "Port of the Past!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Art	George Papp
Lettering	Ira Schnapp
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Captain Compass (taken back in time to Roman era by a whirlpool)

Location(s):

S.S. Nautilus on the Mediterranean Sea

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