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Star Spangled Comics 85

STAR SPANGLED COMICS #85

Cover Date: October 1948
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Jim Mooney


Story: "Peril at the Pole!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger
ArtJim Mooney
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Robin (last in Detective Comics #140; next in Batman #49; also in flashback to a case three years ago)

Supporting Character(s):

Batman (last in Detective Comics #140; next in Batman #49; also in flashback to a case from three years ago)

Villain(s):

Mike Pollard (first appearance; Ace's twin and a criminal)

Other Character(s):

Ace Pollard (first appearance; a former crook that moved to Northern Canada)

Location(s):

Gotham City
Northern Canada (near the North Pole)

Comment(s):

Finger and Mooney credited as Bob Kane.

Story Reprinted in:

Robin Archives #1 (2005)


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Second Story: "Dead Man's Diary!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

ArtChuck Winter
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Captain Compass

Supporting Character(s):

Captain Frank Mumford

Villain(s):

Jessup (first appearance; an insurance swindler; dies)

Location(s):

S.S. Nautilus
Liverpool, England

Comment(s):

This story begins on May 4th.


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Third Story: "The Educated Horse!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

ArtWin Mortimer
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Merry

Villain(s):

Coyote Cal and his gang (first appearance for all; attempt to kidnap Smoke)

Other Character(s):

Hal Henty and his horse, Smoke (first appearance for both; western movie stars)

Location(s):

Out West


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Fourth Story: "A Bell for Cornwall!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

ArtFred Ray
LetteringIra Schnapp

Feature Character(s):

Tomahawk

Supporting Character(s):

Dan Hunter

Villain(s):

Larry the Strangler and his gang (first appearance for all; escapees from a prison; pose as silversmiths to rob Cornwall)

Location(s):

Cornwall (in the late 18th Century)


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