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84September 1948
$0.10

Star Spangled Comics #84

DC · September 1948 · on sale 1948-06-30

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Identification plate

Series
Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue
#84
Publication date
September 1948
Key date
1948-09-00
On-sale date
1948-06-30
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Ira SchnappRobin [Dick Grayson]
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2Real Fact Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.67
3The Third Street Gang!comic story10script: Bill Finger; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim MooneyRobin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mr. Schultz (deli owner); Mr. Spolodoni (grocer); Third Street Gang [Petey; Lefty; rest un-named]
6Four Dates with Destiny!comic story10pencils: Jimmy Thompson; inks: Jimmy Thompson; letters: Ira SchnappCaptain Compass [Mark Compass]; John Hill; Mr. Parks; Captain Mumford; Frank Dobbs; Carol Gaylord; Russell; James Swinton (villain); Louis Bragg (villain)
8The Return of the Rope!comic story7pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappThe Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Merry, the Gimmick Girl [Mary Pemberton]; S.J. Pemberton; the Rope (villain)
10The Rogue of the Restless Hotelcomic story5pencils: Stan Kaye; inks: Stan KayePenniless Palmer
11The Not-So-Dark Continenttext article2letters: typeset
12Killer from Out of Time!comic story10pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred Ray; letters: Ira SchnappTomahawk [Tom Hawk]; Dan Hunter; Benjamin Franklin; Dirk Larabee (villain)
13Dale Evans Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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The Robin Archives #1
ISBN 1-4012-0415-5
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