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Issue: Star Spangled Comics #87
Publication Date: December 1948
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Issues: #87 of 130 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/04/1948
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 2, Part 2, Number 2, Periodicals, July-December 1948. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B157260.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U .S.
Paper Stock: glossy Cover; newsprint Interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Sinister Knight!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jim Mooney
Inker(s): Jim Mooney
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Robin
Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]; the Robber Baron [Benny Broot]
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In Content Item: FlagThe Robin Archives #2 published May 2010
as The Sinister Knight [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Roadmaster
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Sinister Baron!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger ?
Penciller(s): Jim Mooney [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inker(s): Jim Mooney [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Robin
Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Baron Hugo de Broot [aka Hugo the Terrible] (villain, flashback); the Robber Baron [Benny Broot] (villain, introduction); Books Roget (villain)
Synopsis: Racketeer Benny Broot discovers his ancestor was a robber Baron in the Middle Ages, so he decides to follow suit. However, when he actually begins to believe he IS his ancestor, the Dynamic Duo must put a stop to the charade and the resulting crimes.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Robin Archives #2 published May 2010
as The Sinister Baron [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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Bobby Dodd

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Inker(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Action Comics
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Pages: 0.5
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): J. T. Flagg Knitting Co., Inc.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jonah!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Chuck Winter
Inker(s): Chuck Winter
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Captain Compass
Character(s): Captain Compass [Mark Compass]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Ira Schnapp letterer credit via Todd Klein through a post from his blog Kleinletters, 16 October 2016 (retrieved 19 November 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/star-spangled-schnapp/).
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Pages: 1
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Crime on Ice!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Win Mortimer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Merry, the Girl of a Thousand Gimmicks
Character(s): Merry [Mary Pemberton]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Ira Schnapp letterer credit via Todd Klein through a post from his blog Kleinletters, 16 October 2016 (retrieved 19 November 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/star-spangled-schnapp/).
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lionel Trains
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lit-Win
Penciller(s): Lit-Win
Inker(s): Lit-Win
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Daffy & Doodle
First Line: Smack! Smack!
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Hood Rocket Boot
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When the Movies Were Young

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Raymond Perry
Inker(s): Raymond Perry
Colorist(s): Raymond Perry ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 2
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Erector
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Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of Nip & Tuck; Smith Brothers Cough Drops
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Pages: 0.5
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The Man Who Built a City!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Ray
Inker(s): Fred Ray
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, western
Feature(s): Tomahawk
Character(s): Tomahawk [Tom Hawk]; Dan Hunter; Rankin; Filcher; Abner Lowell
Synopsis: Rankin, Filcher try to start an Indian war to drive the settlers of Bayport away from silver deposits. Only Abner Lowell is willing to defend his town.
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Pages: 10
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wilson Chem. Co.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Phil Berube (signed)
Penciller(s): Phil Berube (signed)
Inker(s): Phil Berube (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ozzie
First Line: You'd better sleep here tonight, Ernie...
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Chemcraft
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hopkinson Harmonica Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Schwinn
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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