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"Meet the Cosmic Vampire!": In the absence of Adam Strange, the planet Rann is menaced by Starbreaker, an alien being who hurls worlds into their suns and then feeds on the released energy, including the fear of th

Justice League of America #96 is an issue of the series Justice League of America (Volume 1) with a cover date of February, 1972.

Synopsis for "Meet the Cosmic Vampire!"

In the absence of Adam Strange, the planet Rann is menaced by Starbreaker, an alien being who hurls worlds into their suns and then feeds on the released energy, including the fear of the dying inhabitants. Flash and Green Lantern, Superman and Hawkman team up to defeat his robot-insect creations and two energy-duplicates of the villain himself by trickery, thus saving Rann. Learning of this, Starbreaker plans to take revenge by destroying Earth instead.

Appearing in "Meet the Cosmic Vampire!"

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  • Starbreaker

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Synopsis for The Origin of... "Tick-Tock" Tyler the Hourman

This story is reprinted from Adventure Comics #48.

Young chemist Rex Tyler discovers a powerful chemical that can give a human increased strength, improved senses, and the ability to move faster than the speed of light, but only for an hour. He names the compound Miraclo, and uses it to help people as the Hourman! An ad is placed in the Metropolitan Daily offering help to the oppressed, with a mailing address provided.

Rex Tyler receives loads of mail from hundreds who have answered his ad. A particular letter catches his eye, written by Mary Kennedy, whose husband has fallen into a life of crime since losing his job. She begs for assistance in bringing him back to an honest living. He visits Mrs. Kennedy while incognito, and she tells him that her husband, John, was talking in his sleep about stealing Mrs. Van Shelton's pearls, during the Beaux Arts Ball that night. Later in his lab, Tyler prepares the Miraclo compound, as well as a tear gas concentrate in his ring. One minute before the start of the Ball, he drinks the chemical and dons the guise of the Hourman!

Just as Mrs. Kennedy suspected, her husband is at the ball with two other thugs. Their eyes are on the elegant Marcia Van Shelton, and the pearls she wears. They are about to put their plan into action, when suddenly a paper blows into Kennedy's hand. It is a warning, written by the Hourman, telling him to go home to his wife and kid before it is too late. Kennedy is spooked, but the other men convince him it is just some kind of gag. The attendees are about to begin the grand march when the room suddenly goes dark! The Hourman, with the power of Miraclo, is able to see in the dark and notices that Mrs. Van Shelton's pearls have been taken! The thieves have a car parked right outside, and make their getaway, but thanks to his boosted speed, Hourman is able to run them down!

When they arrive at their apartment hideout, he leaps onto the roof of the building, realizing that he only has 20 more minutes before his abilities fade. Hourman bursts through the gang's apartment window, and releases the tear gas in his ring onto the surprised thieves, distracting them as he turns toward John F. Kennedy. He grabs the frightened man and takes him to the roof to try and scare him straight by throwing him off the side! Before Kennedy hits the ground, Hourman quickly leaps to the ground and catches him in mid-air! Immediately, John F. Kennedy starts to beg and plead, promising to quit his life of crime and return to his family at home. The police show up, and Hourman makes himself scarce, just in time to return to his regular self.

The next morning, Mrs. Kennedy is happily welcoming her husband as he returns home, while at the same time, Mrs. Van Shelton finds her pearls enclosed in an envelope in her mailbox. Back at the lab, Rex Tyler is being lectured by his boss about how he could really go places if he wasn't so timid.

Appearing in The Origin of... "Tick-Tock" Tyler the Hourman

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  • Mr. Bannerman, Rex's boss (not yet named)

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  • John F. Kennedy (reforms)
  • Randall
  • Patsy

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  • Mary Kennedy (Single appearance)
    • two small children
  • Marcia Van Shelton (Single appearance)

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Synopsis for "The Monkey's Circle!"

This story is reprinted from Sensation Comics #84.

Social debutante Valerie Vaughn attempts to secure a job as a reporter at a local paper. The City Press employee demands that she produce a scoop before getting hired. Vaughn visits the office of Gary Grath private investigator. As Vaughn walks in she finds Grath being threatened by thugs that want him to lay off the Greer case. Vaughn and Grath succeed in running off the thugs. Grath leaves to follow the crooks and Vaughn stays behind. As she waits in the office she receives a call from Rita Greer, niece of the murdered George Greer. Rita Greer states that she has received a threatening letter from Albert Leeds, a former secretary who stole $50,000 from the family bank. Leeds also confesses to Greers murder. The letter makes reference to a possible clue located in a Shakespeare bust. Vaughn travels to the Greer mansion where she learns that Greer kept Leeds employed even after the theft to repay the stolen money but Leeds betrayed her uncles trust by murdering him and stealing an additional $50,000 from the family safe. As they discuss the details further they are interrupted by a gunman who claims he has been sent by Leeds to retrieve a Shakespeare bust. Vaughn surprises the gunman and hits him over the head with the bust. It shatters in pieces and reveals a hidden note. The note turns out to be a page from Greers appointment book showing that he had an appointment with a gambler named Wolf Lupas on the night he was murdered.

Vaughn leaves the Greer mansion and heads to a nightclub owned by Lupas. Upon arriving she finds that Gary Grath has been taken prisoner and is being held in the nightclubs basement. The basement also contains a second prisoner that turns out to be Albert Leeds the accused killer of George Greer. Both men are being held there by Wolf Lupas who confesses to killing Greer and was trying to make Leeds take blame for the murder. Vaughn is taken prisoner along with the other two men but she then uses a tear gas bomb to subdue the villains. Vaughn then takes her typed up scoop and uses it to claim a position at City Press.

Appearing in "The Monkey's Circle!"

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  • Gary Grath (private investigator)
  • Rita Greer
  • Albert Leeds

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  • Wolf Lupas

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  • Hungry Wolf Nightclub
  • City Press office

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  • Shakespeare Bust

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