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Issue: Star Spangled Comics #28
Publication Date: January 1944
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Issues: #28 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: 10/30/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (10 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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Poor Man's Rich Man!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (layout) [as Kirby] (signed)
Inker(s): Arturo Cazeneuve [as Simon] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
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]]
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In Content Item: FlagThe Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 published May 2010
as Star Spangled Comics #28 cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Electric Football
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Pages: 1
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Poor Man's Rich Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Simon (signed); Jack Kirby (signed)
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (layout, signed)
Inker(s): Arturo Cazeneuve [as Joe Simon] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
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]]; Pop O'Leary (night watchman); Gopher Finchley (villain); Conker (villain)
Synopsis: Upon the death of his uncle, "Pop" O'Leary receives news that he has inherited all of his uncle's property including factories and shipyards in New Zealand, and with his new found wealth, he treats people in Suicide Slum to luxuries, racking up a slew of unpaid bills. Then it happens: a few criminals tell him that they sent the letter, he is poor and he owes all that money, but they will "help out" if Pops helps them rob the gashouse he is guarding.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 published May 2010
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Pages: 11
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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, teen
Feature(s): Jerry the Jitterbug
First Line: Jerry, I'm stuck with a lot of old tomatoes and bad eggs...
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Pages: 1
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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The Mirror of Madness!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Hal Sherman
Inker(s): Hal Sherman
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: 10
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Buddy
First Line: We got the bases full...
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Bike-ology

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Morrow Coaster Brake
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Cartoon  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): Gags
First Line: The water looks cold!
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The Cruise to Nowhere!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Storm
Inker(s): George Storm
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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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Farr
Penciller(s): Jack Farr
Inker(s): Jack Farr
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jack Farr
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Prof. Pipp
First Line: Howdy again, folks!
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Pages: 3
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The All-American Way

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don C. Cameron (signed)
Penciller(s): Chuck Winter (signed)
Inker(s): Chuck Winter (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Liberty Belle
Character(s): Liberty Belle [Libby Lawrence]
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Pages: 10
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Motive, Revenge

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Greg Browne
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Be sure to get these top favorites for the best in comics!
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Farr
Penciller(s): Jack Farr
Inker(s): Jack Farr
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jack Farr
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Handy Andy
First Line: Here's a nifty, chum!
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The Mobster and the Millionaire!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jimmy Thompson
Inker(s): Jimmy Thompson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jimmy Thompson
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Robotman
Character(s): Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]
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Pages: 6.67
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
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Pages: 0.33
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Muscle Power Co.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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