Comic Title: Star Spangled Comics #84
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 1948
Approx. On Sale Date: July 2, 1948 Copyright Date June 30, 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 Killer from Out of Time"
Pages: 10

Feature(s):
Tomahawk

Artist: Fred Ray

Feature Character(s)

• Tomahawk (dream appearance)

Supporting Character(s)

• Dan Hunter (dream appearance)

Villain(s)

• Dirk Larabee (dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Dirk's gang (dream appearance)

Other Character(s)

• Dirk's lawyer (no further appearances)
• Several prison guards (no further appearances)
• Benjamin Franklin (dream appearance)

Comments:
Tomahawk appears only in the dream of Dirk Larabee in this story.

Synopsis:
Death row inmate Dirk Larabee threatens to rat out his former criminal associates before his scheduled execution. His lawyer convinces him to stay quiet by explaining that the electric chair has really been set up as a time machine. Larabee believes the story and convinces himself that he will be sent back to the 18th century.

When Larabee is executed, he dreams that he is sent back to Tomahawk's day. Seeking to create a criminal empire in the past, Larabee breaks other criminals out of jail. Using modern methods of crime, Larabee then begins several criminal enterprises. Tomahawk tries to stop him, but Larabee continues to elude capture.

Larabee then decides he needs electricity for a counterfeiting ring. He raids the home of Ben Franklin, but is electrocuted during one of the inventor's experiments. The prison guards witnessing, Larabee's execution in the electric chair overhear the criminal's last words. As he dies, Larabee is still in his dream about Tomahawk and Ben Franklin.