Star Spangled Comics #83 (1948) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Who Is Mr. Mystery	cover	1	pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Ira Schnapp	Robin [Dick Grayson]
2	Mr. Mystery	comic story	10	script: Bill Finger; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Ira Schnapp	Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mr. Mystery [actually Robin] (introduction); Dictionary (villain)
5	The Adventures of the Rope!	comic story	7	pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp	The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; S.J. Pemberton; Merry, the Gimmick Girl [Mary Pemberton]; The Rope (villain, introduction)
6	The Adventure of the Man Who Lived Twice!	comic story	10	pencils: Jimmy Thompson; inks: Jimmy Thompson; letters: Jimmy Thompson	Captain Compass [Mark Compass] (introduction); George; Henri Gerard; Dalio; Gaston; Paul Keval (villain)
9	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
11	Ball Park	comic story	0.5	script: Phil Berube; pencils: Phil Berube; inks: Phil Berube
12	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5	letters: typeset
13	Lucky Accidents	text article	2	letters: typeset
15	The Lost Valley!	comic story	10	pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred Ray; letters: Ira Schnapp	Tomahawk [Tom Hawk]; Dan Hunter; Reb Devers; Chief White Eagle
16	Piffle and His Pal...	comic story	1	script: Phil Berube; pencils: Phil Berube; inks: Phil Berube
17	Strange As It Seems	public service announcement	1

Plus 8 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
The Robin Archives #1 ISBN 1-4012-0415-5	2005	On eBay ›
Robin, The Boy Wonder: A Celebration of 75 Years #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-5536-7	2015	On eBay ›

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