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Captain Compass

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The early stories of naval detective Captain Compass were primarily detective fiction, but later stories included elements of the paranormal.

His design was created by artist Jimmy Thompson, though the writer who originally created him (if this was not also Thompson) is unknown.

Fictional biography

A former private detective, Mark Compass is hired by the Penny Steamship Lines shipping company as a troubleshooter. In his early appearances his adventures take places aboard the fictional SS Nautilus, but later stories have Compass in other settings. At various points in his career, he is depicted as being employed in different, generally naval contexts; for example, in one strip he is demoted to steamship captain. He fights criminals, pirates and people who live on lost islands.

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