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Star Spangled Comics 83

STAR SPANGLED COMICS #83

Cover Date: August 1948
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1948-06-02

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Cover Credits:
Art: Jim Mooney


Story: "Who Is Mr. Mystery?" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
ArtJim Mooney
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Robin (last in Detective Comics #138; next in Batman #48; also disguised as Mr. Mystery)

Villain(s):

Dictionary and his gang (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Comment(s):

Finger and Mooney credited as Bob Kane.
This story takes place during the summer.

Story Reprinted in:

Robin Archives #1 (2005)


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Second Story: "The Adventures of The Rope!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

ArtWin Mortimer
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Star-Spangled Kid
Stripesy (breaks leg; next in flashback in Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #9)

Supporting Character(s):

Merry (begins using gimmicks)

Villain(s):

The Rope (first appearance; a criminal using ropes to stage robberies)

Comment(s):

This is Stripesy's final appearance in a Golden Age story.


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Third Story: "The Adventure of the Man Who Lived Twice!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

ArtChuck Winter
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Captain Compass (first appearance; trouble-shooter on the SS Nautilus, a luxury steamliner)

Supporting Character(s):

Red (first appearance; a nurse aboard the Nautilus)

Villain(s):

Paul Keval and his gang (first appearance for all; a French criminal)

Location(s):

S.S. Nautilus


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Fourth Story: "The Lost Valley!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

ArtFred Ray
LetteringIra Schnapp

Feature Character(s):

Tomahawk

Supporting Character(s):

Dan Hunter

Villain(s):

Dinosaurs(first appearance for all; all die)

Location(s):

An unnamed frontier town

Comment(s):

This story takes place in December, 1769.


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