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Issue: Star Spangled Comics #11
Publication Date: August 1942
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Issues: #11 of 130 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/30/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth] (credited)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U .S.
Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby [as Kirby] (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Simon [as Simon] (signed)
Colorist(s): Jack Kirby
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Newsboy Legion
Character(s): The Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion: Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]
First Line: Another smashing Newsboy Legion adventure story starring the Guardian in 13 pages of whirlwind action!
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #145 published January 1972
as Cover for Star Spangled Comics #11 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 published May 2010
as Star Spangled Comics #11 cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Tattooed Man

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Paradise Prison

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Simon (signed); Jack Kirby (signed)
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Simon (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Newsboy Legion
Character(s): The Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion: Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]; Superman [Clark Kent] (image); Muggsy Baker (villain); B. O. Goodley (villain, warden)
Synopsis: The Legion discovers that a reformatory that a young criminal ran away from is corrupt, in that the Warden and guards keep the money appropriated for the care of the inmates, who are systematically starved, overworked and beaten.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #145 published January 1972
as Paradise Prison [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 published May 2010
as Paradise Prison [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Case of the Crippled Car!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Hal Sherman (signed)
Inker(s): Hal Sherman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Star-Spangled Kid
Character(s): The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]
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Pages: 13
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The Big Eight!

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Pages: 1
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Galloping Gold!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Tarantula
Character(s): The Tarantula [John Law]
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In Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #207 published November 1971
as Galloping Gold! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.22
Disclose Notes: A few small ads.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Private Pete
First Line: Private Pete, you're assigned to duty at the recruiting office!
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Pages: 0.45
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Leading Comics
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Pages: 0.33
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Cross-Eyed Crocodile!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Penniless Palmer
Character(s): Penniless Palmer
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Pages: 6
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Inker(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Morrow Coaster Brake
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Pages: 0.5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Silly Willy
First Line: Gosh! Everybody you look at is all sunburnt...
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Pages: 0.5
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The Case of the Missing Memory

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Louis Cazeneuve
Inker(s): Louis Cazeneuve
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite
Character(s): TNT [Thomas N. Thomas]; Dan [Daniel Dunbar]
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Pages: 7
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kool-Aid
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Pages: 1
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Good Deed

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Eric Carter
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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Now on Sale

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Adventurer of the Plundering Jap!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Sam Citron
Inker(s): Sam Citron
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Robotman
Character(s): Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]; Chuck Grayson; Slanteyes (villain); Bignose (villain); Dude (villain); Michey (villain)
Synopsis: Paul Dennis is approached by a group of "businessmen" who are willing to buy all the scrap machinery in an abandoned factory that Dennis owns. However, it's Robotman that sees the connection between this offer and a string of scrap metal robberies that have been occurring.
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Pages: 10
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Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (credited)
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: A special message to the boys and girls of America from Henry Morgenthau, Jr. -Secretary of the Treasury!
Synopsis: Public service announcement from the Secretary of Defense, encouraging all youngsters to buy at least one ten-cent Savings Stamp every week.
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The Tootsie Roll of Honor

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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