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Captain Compass

Captain Compass

Nautical detective. Compass was also an Olympic level athlete and skilled hand to hand combatant.

Name:
Captain Compass
Publisher:
Real name:
Mark Compass
Aliases:
  • Mark Compass
Birth date:
None
Gender:
Male
Powers:
  • Intellect
  • Unarmed Combat
First issue:
Star Spangled Comics (1941) #83 Who Is Mr. Mystery
cover

Having gained a considerable reputation as a private detective in matters concerning shipping and the high seas, Mark Compass was hired by the Penny Steamship Lines as a roving troubleshooter, solving various crimes on different ships of the line. A licensed ship's captain, Compass has occasionally commanded different ships of the line in order to resolve some problem.

Now in semi retirement, Compass lives in a cabin suite aboard the S.S.Nautilus, a ship he frequently commanded in years past.

Issues

March 1953

January 1954

February 1954

March 1954

May 1954

June 1954

July 1954

August 1954

September 1954

October 1954

November 1954

December 1954

January 1955

February 1955

March 1955

April 1955

May 1955

June 1955

July 1955

August 1955

September 1955

October 1955

March 1981

March 1986

February 2018

Volumes

1937

1941

1986

2017

Enemies