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Issue Details

Issue #83
Published August 1948
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
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Cover Details - "Who Is Mr. Mystery"

Characters Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre superhero
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Notes The splash page to the Robin story is nearly identical to the cover.
Reprinted in Robin Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1

10 page Robin story "Who Is Mr. Mystery?"

Characters Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mr. Mystery [actually Robin](introduction); Dictionary (villain)
Synopsis A local radio station tries out a new sensational contest, offering prizes to anyone who can identify "Mr. Mystery", whose identity eludes all but one young lad.
Genre superhero
Pencils Jim Mooney [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inks Jim Mooney [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Notes The splash page nearly replicates the cover.
Reprinted in Robin Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1

7 page Star-Spangled Kid story "The Adventure of the Rope"

Characters Star Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; The Rope (villain, introduction)
Genre superhero
Pencils Winslow Mortimer
Inks Winslow Mortimer

10 page Captain Compass story "Adventure of the Man Who Lived Twice"

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

10 page Tomahawk story "The Lost Valley"

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