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Issue: Star Spangled Comics #15
Publication Date: December 1942
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Issues: #15 of 130 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/29/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (7 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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Playmates of Peril

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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]]
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In Content Item: FlagThe Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 published May 2010
as Star Spangled Comics #15 cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Charles Atlas
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Playmates of Peril!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Simon (signed); Jack Kirby (signed)
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Arturo Cazeneuve [as 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]]; Mrs. Slattery; Tony (grocer); Sergeant Mulroony; Sparky (Suicide Slum gang member); Butch Baxter (villain)
Synopsis: Hearing that the Baxter gang is going to commit a big crime, the Guardian steps in to bust that up...at least for a little. However, when a policeman notes the absence of Jim Harper from his beat and Harper is warned by the Captain not to do so again, else he'll be fired, the gang decides to commit to heist anyway, knowing that Harper is being constantly watched by a Sergeant.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 published May 2010
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Thorfinnur Karlsefni

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sidney M. Elias
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stamps
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes many ads from stamps dealers.
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The Log of the Lucky Lode

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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Black Gold

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Tapley
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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Tarantula Turns Thief!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Manly Wade Wellman
Penciller(s): Hal Sharp
Inker(s): Hal Sharp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Tarantula
Character(s): The Tarantula [John Law]
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Pages: 8
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Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Ralston
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Pages: 2
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The College of Crime!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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]; Stripsey [Pat Dugan]
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Pages: 13
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Pages: 1
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Case of the Haunted Hams

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Stan Kaye
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
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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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes a few small ads, a larger ad for The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, a house ad for Leading Comics, and the listing of the Editorial Advisory Board.
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Trial of Robotman!

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 Dennia]; Chuck Grayson; Jeff (Robotman's lawyer); Joan (Robert Crane's girlfriend); Sam Slugg (villain, shyster lawyer); Brutus Bane (villain)
Synopsis: A crooked lawyer figures out a way of legally putting Robotman out of the picture so that he can have the smartest crooks in the world working for him. To win the case, the Man of Metal must prove to the court that he is really a human being.
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Pages: 10
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
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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Don't Miss Your Favorites!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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