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Issue: Star Spangled Comics #20
Publication Date: May 1943
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Issues: #20 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: 02/27/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (8 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 Newsboys and the Champ!

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]]; Zeke Potts
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In Content Item: FlagThe Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 published May 2010
as Star Spangled Comics #20 cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Knickerbocker Pub. Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Newsboys and the Champ!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Simon (signed); Jack Kirby (signed)
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby [as Kirby] (signed)
Inker(s): Steve Brodie [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]]; Zeke Potts (fighter); Mike (restaurant owner); Tony (fruitstand owner); Max Lawlor (fight manager); Slugger Kane (boxer); Spike Dunphy (boxer)
Synopsis: The Legion gets their friend Zeke Potts a chance to fight in a championship match, but Zeke looks nothing like a fighter, and acts little like one until the Guardian gets a bright idea.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 published May 2010
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Pages: 13
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World's Finest Value!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
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Pages: 0.5
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A Real Winner from the Start!

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Boy Commandos
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Pages: 0.5
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The Needle in the Haystack!

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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Kenya-Uganda-Tanganyika

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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Belles of Liberty

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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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): Clancy the Cop
First Line: Hey Al - Let me show you my new card trick!
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Pages: 0.67
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Junior Sales Club
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Pages: 0.33
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The Case of the Capering Mice

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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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): Gags
First Line: Mr. Botts, must you take a sun bath?
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Pages: 0.5
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Leading Comics
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Pages: 0.5
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Solid Ghosts!

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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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): Gags
First Line: How should I know he keeps live animals?
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Pages: 0.5
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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): Morrow Coaster Brake
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Pages: 0.5
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Message from the Dead

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Nelson Carr
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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The Jigsaw Crimes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): John Daly
Inker(s): John Daly
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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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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First Line: Be sure to get these top favorites for the best in comics!
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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): Baby Ruth
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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