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77February 1948
$0.10

Star Spangled Comics #77

DC · February 1948 · on sale 1947-12-03

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Series
Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue
#77
Publication date
February 1948
Key date
1948-02-00
On-sale date
1947-12-03
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Boy Who Wanted Robin for Christmascover1pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Ira SchnappRobin [Dick Grayson]
2The Boy Who Wanted Robin for Christmas!comic story10script: Bill Finger; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Ira SchnappRobin [Dick Grayson]; Bertram Beem (a billionaire magnate); Mr. Coombs (Beem's guardian); Jervis (villain, Beem's butler)
4Gang Busterspromo (ad from the publisher)1
5Robotman vs Rubberman!comic story6script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Jimmy Thompson; inks: Jimmy Thompson; letters: Jimmy ThompsonRobotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]; Robbie the Robotdog; Rubberman (villain); Frank the Fire-Eater (villain)
6-comic story0.5script: Phil Berube; pencils: Phil Berube; inks: Phil Berube
8-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
9The Big Bad Banker!comic story7pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappThe Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; S.J. Pemberton; Williams (villain)
10-comic story0.67pencils: Lit-Win; inks: Lit-Win
11-statement of ownership0.33letters: typeset
12The Crooked Croonertext story2script: Art Long
13Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
14Goofy Guscomic story0.5script: Phil Berube; pencils: Phil Berube; inks: Phil Berube
15The Case of the Missing Gophercomic story5pencils: Thurston Harper; inks: Thurston HarperPenniless Palmer
16A Date with Judypromo (ad from the publisher)1
17Assignment in Peril!comic story10pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred Ray; letters: Ira SchnappTomahawk [Tom Hawk]; Dan Hunter; Stoner; Donner; Phineas Ven Derr (villain)

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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CollectionYear
The Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told #[nn]
ISBN 0-930289-57-9
1990On eBay ›
The Robin Archives #1
ISBN 1-4012-0415-5
2005On eBay ›

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