Comic Title: Adventure Comics #416
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: March 1972
On Sale Date: January 4, 1972 Newsstand Date January 4, 1972
Source: Comic Reader, #79

Copyright Date January 4, 1972
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1972

Frequency: Monthly (semi-monthly, Mar.)
Cover Price: $0.50
Page Count: 96
Editor: E. Nelson Bridwell

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Duel of the Gimmicks"
Pages: 6

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

Writer: Otto Binder
Artist: J. Winslow Mortimer

Reprinted From:
Star Spangled Comics #90 (1949)

Feature Character(s)

• Merry (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #89; no further appearances)

Villain(s)

• Gimmick Guy and his gang (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
When a robbery is stopped by Gimmick Girl, the crooks barely manage to escape. One of the crooks decides to create gimmicks of his own to use in crime. He is thwarted by Gimmick Girl his first time out, but he escapes from police. When he encounters Merry again, he steals her cape of gimmicks. However, Merry has rigged the gimmicks to backfire on the crook. He is tripped up, allowing Merry to apprehend him.