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Issue: Star Spangled Comics #16
Publication Date: January 1943
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Issues: #16 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: 10/31/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth] (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
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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The Playboy of Suicide Slum!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Joe 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 #16 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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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Josette Frank
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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The Playboy of Suicide Slum!

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]]; Willis Thornton (banker); Mrs. Thornton; Betty Thornton; Marie (Thornton's maid); Melvin Rudd (villain, Thornton's nephew)
Synopsis: When Tommy saves a young girl from being killed by the automobile of wealthy Mr. Thornton, the man decides to adopt Tommy and give him the best of everything. But Thornton's nephew detests this as he feels that it may cut him out of Thornton's will, so he and his gang decide to rob the rich banker and blame it on Tommy.
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Pages: 13
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The Perils of the Penny Plunderers

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: 13
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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, military
Feature(s): Private Pete
First Line: I think I'll go over and practice shooting the rifle!
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Pages: 0.45
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Leading Comics
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Pages: 0.33
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.22
Disclose Notes: A few small ads.
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Truants in Trouble!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Manly Wade Wellman
Penciller(s): Al Anders [as AA] (signed)
Inker(s): Al Anders [as AA] (signed)
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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Pulling Boners

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 several small ads from stamps dealers.
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Riddle of the Magic Fiddle!

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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[untitled]

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: Oh-boy - Wait'll the fellers hear about this!
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Laffs
First Line: Look - We have neighbors...
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Pages: 0.5
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How Can They Do It??

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
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The Case of the Spy-Proof Catapult!

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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The Man on the Bridge

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dennis Black
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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Robotman Takes an Hour Off!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Ed Dobrotka
Inker(s): Ed Dobrotka
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Robotman
Character(s): Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]
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Pages: 10
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Don't Miss Your Favorites!

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Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
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The Boy Commandos Are Here!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Boy Commandos
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wonders of Science Simplified
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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