It's...odd! "Crusher" died when the wooden railing cracked! And yet wood - my greatest nemesis - helped me to defeat a dangerous criminal! 
All-American Comics #85 is an issue of the series All-American Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of May, 1947.
Synopsis for "Mutt & Jeff"
(newspaper strip reprints)
Appearing in "Mutt & Jeff"
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- Mutt
- Jeff
Synopsis for Green Lantern: "The Rise and Fall of 'Crusher' Crock"
Crusher Crock, a very competitive sportsman, who excelled in many sports, found his future shattered when he deliberately crippled an opponent in a football match. He was banned from playing any sport on a professional level, and decided to turn to crime. Punching the coach whom doomed his career, he leaves the stadium. The coach says that "some day, they'll build a monument to you". Later, wearing a mask, Crock led a gang to steal a pole match, but was thwarted by Green Lantern. Disguising himself as an innocent toy seller, he blows up the City Bank, and blackmails Green Lantern to come to his estate, where the hero faces a deadly trap, fight with swords with Crusher, and the villain seemingly fell to his death after the wooden railing breaks with his weight. Crock finally has a monument built to him: his tombstone.
Appearing in Green Lantern: "The Rise and Fall of 'Crusher' Crock"
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- Crusher Crock (First appearance)(Apparent Death) (futurely, Sportsmaster)
- his henchmen
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- old football coach
- polo riders
- football players
- baseball players
Locations:
- Gotham City
- Alan Scott's Apartment
- Brook field
- City Bank
- Crock estate
- Gotham Cemetery
- Crock tombstone
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- Green Lantern Ring
- Green Flame of Life
- Green Sky-Rocket
- Daily Planet newspaper
- wooden duck
- penknife
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Synopsis for Black Pirate: "Brothers Under the Skin"
Appearing in Black Pirate: "Brothers Under the Skin"
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Synopsis for Doctor Mid-Nite: "Accidents on Order"
Appearing in Doctor Mid-Nite: "Accidents on Order"
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Synopsis for Hop Harrigan: "All Aboard for the Trans-Andes Passage"
Appearing in Hop Harrigan: "All Aboard for the Trans-Andes Passage"
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- Tank Tinker
- Mariana Harrigan
Antagonists:
- Renaldo
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- Mariana's aunt
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Notes
- Crusher Crock is not called Sportsmaster in this issue; He apparently dies in the end of the story, but he returns in Green Lantern #28.
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