Comic Title: Star Spangled Comics #89
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: February 1949
Approx. On Sale Date: December 3, 1948 Copyright Date December 1, 1948
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1948
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Contains: Ownership Statement
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "Marauders from Mars"
Pages: 7

Feature(s):
Merry, Girl of 1,000 Gimmicks

Writer: Otto Binder
Artist: J. Winslow Mortimer

Feature Character(s)

• Merry (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #88; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #90)

Villain(s)

• A group of martians (Zu-Nark and Dak-Thun named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A policeman (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A group of martians lands on the outskirts of Merry's hometown. The aliens are a scouting party sent to test Earth's defenses in preparation for invasion. One alien enters town and easily defeats a local policeman. Merry then steps in and uses her gimmicks to capture the alien. She then seeks out the others. Although she is briefly caught and examined, Merry escapes and uses other gimmicks to harass the aliens. Eventually the martians retreat and call off their invasion, fearing that all earthlings are as formidable as the Girl of a Thousand Gimmicks.