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Issue Details

Issue #87
Published December 1948
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
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Cover Details - "The Sinister Knight!"

Characters Robin [Dick Grayson]; the Robber Baron [Benny Broot]
Genre superhero
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Notes The advance cover title doesn't match the final story title. Inker revision from Mortimer to Mooney verified by Craig Delich 2010-4-1.
Reprinted in Robin Archives (DC, 2005 series) #2 (2010)

10 page Robin story "The Sinister Baron!"

Characters 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); Batmobile
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.
Genre superhero
Pencils Jim Mooney [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Inks Jim Mooney [as Bob Kane] (signed)
Notes Inker revision from Mortimer to Mooney verified by Craig Delich 2010-4-1.
Reprinted in Robin Archives (DC, 2005 series) #2 (2010)

10 page Captain Compass story "Mr. and Mrs. Jonah"

Characters Captain Compass [Mark Compass]
Genre detective
Pencils Chuck Winter
Inks Chuck Winter

7 page Merry, the Girl of a Thousand Gimmicks story "Crime on Ice"

Characters Merry [Mary Pemberton]
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Winslow Mortimer
Inks Winslow Mortimer

10 page Tomahawk story "The Man Who Built a City"

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