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Issue Details

Issue #85
Published October 1948
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "Peril at the Pole"

Characters Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre superhero
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Notes Artist revision from Mortimer to Mooney by Craig Delich 2010-3-31.
Reprinted in Robin Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1

10 page Robin story "Peril at the Pole!"

Characters Robin [Dick Grayson]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Ace Pollard; Mike Pollard (villain); the Bat-Plane
Synopsis When the Batplane becomes overloaded over arctic regions due to ice on the wings, Robin bails out, making Batman think he had sacrificed himself. By the time Batman can return, Robin has nabbed a desperate criminal.
Genre superhero
Pencils Jim Mooney [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inks Jim Mooney [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Notes The splash nearly replicates the cover.
Reprinted in Robin Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1

10 page Captain Compass story "Dead Man's Diary"

Characters Captain Compass [Mark Compass]
Genre detective
Pencils Jimmy Thompson
Inks Jimmy Thompson
Letters Jimmy Thompson

7 page Star-Spangled Kid featuring Merry story "The Educated Horse"

Characters Star Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Merry, the Gimmick Girl [Mary Pemberton]
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Winslow Mortimer
Inks Winslow Mortimer

10 page Tomahawk story "A Bell for Cornwall"

Characters Tomahawk [Tom Hawk]
Genre western; period
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray