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Issue: Robin Hood Tales #12
Publication Date: November 1957
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Issues: #12 of 8 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/24/1957
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, show Ross Andru as being paid for the pencils and inks for the cover, however Mike Esposito worked with Ross and scholars agree he inked this cover. Schwartz kept editorial records for Robert Kanigher who edited this issue.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Town Crier of Peril!

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Robin Hood
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics, show Ross Andru as being paid for the pencils and inks for the cover, however Mike Esposito worked with Ross and scholars agree he inked this cover. Schwartz kept editorial records for Robert Kanigher who edited this issue.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wilson Chemical Co.
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Falcon Master!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Robin Hood
Synopsis: Robin and his Merrie Men are stymied as The Falcon Master, at Prince John's behest, sends trained hawks to snatch their arrows from the air. Venturing to his castle, Robin foils the hawks with special arrows fletched with bark. But the Falcon Master unleashes giant hawks and Robin is carried into the sky. Slipping free, Robin lands on the tower and releases all the hawks at once, sowing confusion as they fly off. "Neither hawk nor prince can tether freedom!"
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In Content Item: FlagMighty The 100-Page Comic! #3 published January 1958
as The Falcon Master! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): AMF Roadmaster
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Feature(s): Palisades Amusement Park
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Pages: 0.5
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Genres: nature, non-fiction
Feature(s): Little Stanley
First Line: The fossa, a carnivorous, weasel-like animal of Madagascar...
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Feature(s): Tomahawk; Superman
First Line: The oldest symbol in comics...
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The Masked Marvel of Sherwood Forest!

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Robin Hood
Synopsis: At the annual Archery Shoot, under a one-day truce, Robin Hood loses an archery contest to a Masked Marvel! Prince John hires the Marvel to guard a shipment of jewels intended for King Richard. The Merry Men try to seize the jewels, but the Marvel drives them off with superior archery. In fact, "Robin" is Will Scarlett in disguise. The "Marvel" is Robin in a mask, and he gets close enough to the coach to steal the jewels and ride away.
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In Content Item: FlagMighty The 100-Page Comic! #4 published March 1958
as The Masked Marvel of Sherwood Forest! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Genres: historical, non-fiction
Feature(s): In the Days of Robin Hood!
First Line: Upon the knighting of his eldest son...
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Men of Iron

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: historical, non-fiction
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The Town Crier of Peril!

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Robin Hood
Synopsis: In Nottingham, Prince John's henchmen try to collect double taxes, as announced by the Town Crier. But Robin rings his own bell and announces he'll steal the taxes back. He drops a tavern sign on the henchmen, sends a carriage rolling backwards, trips them with a volley of arrows, and buries them under severed branches. When the guards plot an ambush, five "Robins" arrive and send the guards running. Robin's last cry is, "Hear ye, Prince John is defeated again!"
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Teddy Roosevelt: Guardian of Nature

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Genres: non-fiction, opinion
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Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Charles Atlas
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Specialty Company
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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