Comic Title: Star Spangled Comics #85
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1948
Approx. On Sale Date: August 4, 1948 Copyright Date August 2, 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
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Educated Horse"
Pages: 7

Feature(s):
Star-Spangled Kid (of Earth-2)

Writer: Otto Binder
Artist: J. Winslow Mortimer

Feature Character(s)

• Star-Spangled Kid (no appearance)

Guest Star(s)

• Merry (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #84; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #86)

Villain(s)

• Coyote Cal and his gang (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Hal Henty and Smoke (a cowboy star and his horse; no further appearances)

Comments:
The Star-Spangled Kid does not appear in this story. Merry is the star.

Synopsis:
Merry visits a dude ranch where she meet cowboy star Hal Henty and his horse Smoke. Coyote Cal and his gang try to abduct Smoke, but Merry fights them off. The crooks return later and succeed in stealing Smoke.

Merry and Henty follow the crooks. They are caught and imprisoned in a canyon. Smoke helps them escape. Then Merry and Henty apprehend the horse thieves.