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Issue: Star Spangled Comics #18
Publication Date: March 1943
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Issues: #18 of 130 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/02/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (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 Education of Iron-Fist Gookin

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]]; Iron-Fist Gookin
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In Content Item: FlagThe Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 published May 2010
as Star Spangled Comics #18 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 Black Stallion

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Farley
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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The Education of Iron-Fist Gookin

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 [as Ferguson] (signed)
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]]; Iron-Fist Gookin; Sharpy Pierce (villain); Trigger (villain); Chuck (villain); Silvie (villain)
Synopsis: Mob boss Sharpy Pierce decides to use Iron-Fist Gookin, a wanna be gang leader, as the leader of his gang to take the heat off of himself. But when the wanna be learns that he is being used, he turns the tables on Sharpy and teaches him what justice is all about!
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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
Disclose Notes: Letterer Howard Ferguson signed his last name on the book pictured on the splash page.
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Headline Comics; Prize Comics
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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: Oh-boy - A hornet's nest...
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Pages: 0.5
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Stripesy vs. the Star-Spangled Kid

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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Stanley the Explorer

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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Granny Get Your Gun!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Manly Wade Wellman
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Tarantula
Character(s): Tarantula [John Law]
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Pages: 8
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Big-League Stuff!

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Adventure Comics; More Fun Comics
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Pages: 0.67
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Mystery of the Phony Sneeze

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): Pennliness Palmer
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Pages: 6
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Dealer of Doom!

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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[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
Feature(s): Private Pete
First Line: Being sentry should be easy...
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Pages: 0.45
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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): Victory Picture Frames
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Pages: 0.33
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Free for Asthma During Winter

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Frontier Asthma Co.
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Pages: 0.11
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Stamp Out Naziism with War Stamps

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 0.11
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The Witnesses

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Norman Goss
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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Robotman Was Worth His Weight in Gold!

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]; Chuck Grayson
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Pages: 10
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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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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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Webster's Complete Reference Dictionary and Encyclopedia
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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): American Seed Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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