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81June 1948
$0.10

Star Spangled Comics #81

DC · June 1948 · on sale 1948-04-05

First appearance: Merry Pemberton
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Identification plate

Series
Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue
#81
Publication date
June 1948
Key date
1948-06-00
On-sale date
1948-04-05
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Merry Pemberton - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Seeing-Eye Dog Crimescover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win MortimerRobin [Dick Grayson]
2The Seeing-Eye Dog Crimes!comic story10script: Bill Finger; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Ira SchnappRobin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Winner (Robin's seeing-eye dog); Officer Flanagan; Seeing-Eye Dog Kidnappers (villains)
5The Battle of the Robots!comic story6pencils: Jimmy Thompson; inks: Jimmy Thompson; letters: Jimmy ThompsonRobotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]; Russel Carter; Stevens (villain); Baldy (villain)
8The Human Fly!comic story7script: Otto Binder; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappMerry Pemberton First, The Star-Spangled Kid, Stripesy
12The Green Eyetext story2script: Henry Lysing
13Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
16The Secret of the Highwayman!comic story10pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred Ray; letters: Ira SchnappTomahawk [Tom Hawk]; Dan Hunter; Miss Holby; the Highwayman [Madame Bernet] (villain)
18-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry BoltinoffHomer
21You Can't Afford to Miss These Brand New Issues!promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 13.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 14 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
The Robin Archives #1
ISBN 1-4012-0415-5		2005On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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