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Cover: Jim Mooney & John Giunta

Star Spangled Comics #79

Apr 1948 · DC · 0.10 USD
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In "Zero Hour!", the enigmatic Clock escapes custody by bending time to his will, turning the tide of his criminal schemes with eerie precision. With Jim Mooney’s dynamic art and John Giunta’s sharp inks bringing the time-bending chaos to life, this 1948 issue delivers a tense cat-and-mouse game where every move feels ahead of its time—literally. Cover by Jim Mooney and John Giunta.

Contains 8 stories
Zero Hour!
10 pp · Superhero
Robin [Dick Grayson]The Clock (villain)

In "Zero Hour!", the Clock escapes prison by manipulating time itself, turning his criminal genius into a temporal game of cat and mouse. With eerie precision, he outwits Robin, leaving behind cryptic clues that hint at crimes yet to unfold—each one a challenge to the hero’s instincts and timing.

Prize Plunder!
6 pp · Superhero
Robotman [Robert Craneaka Paul Dennis]Robbie the Robotdog
Gentleman Pat Dugan!
7 pp · Superhero
The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]Stripesy [Pat Dugan]S.J. PembertonHarveyLord Brooks (villain)Colonel Deever (villain)
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor
The Case of the Punctured Balloons
5 pp · Humor
Untitled Humor story
0.5 pp · Humor
Willie McTuff
A Victory for White Bear!
10 pp · Historical, Western-Frontier
Tomahawk [Tom Hawk]Dan HunterWhite Bear [John Steele]Uncle Luke (villain)
Untitled Humor story
0.5 pp · Humor

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $89
CGC 9.4 · 1 in census $2,275*
CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $1,460*
CGC 9.0 · 1 in census $1,044
CGC 8.5 none in existence
CGC 8.0 · 5 in census $555
CGC 7.5 none in existence
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CGC 7.0 · 1 in census $370*
CGC 6.5 · 2 in census $297
CGC 6.0 · 1 in census $269*
CGC 5.5 · 2 in census $226*
CGC 5.0 none in existence
CGC 4.5 none in existence
CGC 4.0 · 2 in census $159*
CGC 3.5 · 2 in census $142*
CGC 3.0 · 1 in census $126*
CGC 2.5 · 1 in census $102*
CGC 2.0 none in existence
CGC 1.5 none in existence
CGC 1.0 · 1 in census $56*
* estimate — limited direct-sales data at this grade
Our model’s value — refined as new sales data arrives · CGC census counts shown where available

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Cast · 5 characters

Bill PolkCasey the CopJudy FosterPenniless PalmerThe Wyoming Kid

Full credits

writer Bill Finger
artist Jim Mooney
inker John Giunta
letterer Ira Schnapp
cover pencils Jim Mooney
cover inks John Giunta

Reprints

Reprinted in Detective Comics #261 (1958), Big Boss #56 (1961), The Robin Archives #1 (2005)

Key issues in Star Spangled Comics

#1★
#1 1st appearance — Sylvester Pemberton
#69★
#69 1st appearance — Tomahawk
#7★
#7 1st appearance — Robotman
#122★
#122 1st appearance — Marie Thirteen
#14★
#14 1st appearance — Joan Carter
#6★
#6 1st appearance — Penniless Palmer

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