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Issue: Star Spangled Comics #12
Publication Date: September 1942
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Issues: #12 of 130 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/30/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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Prevue of Peril!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion [Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]; Jack Dalton (villain)
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In Content Item: FlagThe Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 published May 2010
as Star Spangled Comics #12 cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Og, Son of Fire

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Prevue of Peril

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion [Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]; Tony (merchant); Bing Crosby (cameo); Bob Hope (cameo); Hedy Lamarr (cameo); Clark Gable (cameo); Carmen Miranda (cameo); Mickey Rooney (cameo); unnamed gangsters (villains)
Synopsis: Touched by the needs of poor, starving people in Suicide Slum, the Legion asks Jim Harper for help, and he loans them a movie camera to make a movie on how bad the conditions are so that city residents can help out once they see it. But a gang of crooks decide to steal the film and put Officer Harper and the boys out of the way.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #146 published February 1972
as Prevue of Peril [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGiant Jimmy Olsen Album #13 published October 1975
as Prevue of Peril [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 published May 2010
as Prevue of Peril [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Two other actor cameos in the splash panel are not readily identifiable. A blonde actress, possibly Marlene Dietrich or Greta Garbo, and a man with a thin mustache, possibly Don Ameche or Errol Flynn.
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Feature(s): Kool-Aid
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The Case of the Precious Peach!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]
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Pages: 13
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The Menace of Steeplejack Stoll's Gang

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Tarantula
Character(s): The Tarantula [John Law]; Steeplejack Stolle (villain)
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Pages: 8
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Buddy
First Line: Tubby's teaching his sister to skate!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: 4 gags.
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Sure-Fire Formula!

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Feature(s): Leading Comics
Synopsis: House ad for Leading Comics, with a cover reproduction of issue #3
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Mystery of the Hiccupping Parrot!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Penniless Palmer
Character(s): Penniless Palmer
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Pages: 6
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Remember Yesterday

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): TNT [Thomas N. Thomas]; Dan [Daniel Dunbar]
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Pages: 8
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: Gosh - What can I tell the chief?
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Pages: 0.45
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Feature(s): Adventure Comics; Sandman
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Pages: 0.22
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: A few small ads.
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A Mite Tetched

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mayor Elmer Doodle
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Satan's Machine Shop

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]; Chuck Grayson
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Pages: 10
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Now On Sale

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Character(s): House ad for 6 DC comics with cover reproductions
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Wonders of Science Simplified
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Modern Concise Encyclopedia
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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