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Star Spangled Comics 90

STAR SPANGLED COMICS #90

Cover Date: March 1949
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1949-01-03

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Cover Credits:
Art: Jim Mooney


Story: "The Mystery of Rancho Fear!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

ArtJim Mooney
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Robin (last in Detective Comics #145; next in World's Finest Comics #38; disuised as Maverick)

Supporting Character(s):

Batman (last in Detective Comics #145; next in World's Finest Comics #38; disguised as Montana, a cowhand)
Commissioner Gordon

Villain(s):

Little John Johnson and his gang (first appearance for all; plans to use a ranch as a cover for illegal gas mining)

Location(s):

Gotham City
Rancho Fear (first appearance)

Comment(s):

Mooney credited as Bob Kane.

Story Reprinted in:

Robin Archives #2 (2010)


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Second Story: "Island of Molten Hate!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

ArtGeorge Papp
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Captain Compass (commands the Maru, a freighter in this story)

Supporting Character(s):

Dan Penny (first appearance; President of the Penny Steamship Line)

Villain(s):

Wolf Larok (first appearance; condemned to Morobu Island and tries to escape)

Location(s):

South Pacific Ocean
Morobu Island (first appearance; a penal colony; destroyed by volcanic eruption)


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Third Story: "The Duel of the Gimmicks!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtWin Mortimer
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Gimmick Girl (first time actually identified as Gimmick Girl; next in flashback in Starman Vol. 2 #62)

Villain(s):

Gimmick Guy (first appearance; a criminal who copies Gimmick Girl's method of operation)

Comment(s):

This is the last appearance of Gimmick Girl in the Golden Age.

Story Reprinted in:

Adventure Comics #416/DC 100-Page Super Spectacular #DC-10 (March 1972)


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Fourth Story: "The Lost Men of Fort Chance!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryFrance Herron
ArtFred Ray
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Tomahawk

Supporting Character(s):

Dan Hunter

Villain(s):

Little Thunder (first appearance; a dwarf Indian chief who wants to destroy Fort Chance to prove his power)

Location(s):

Fort Chance (first appearance; 100 miles away from Dearborn)

Comment(s):

This story takes place in 1772.


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