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Issue: Star Spangled Comics #55
Publication Date: April 1946
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Issues: #55 of 130 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/29/1946
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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Gabby Strikes a Gusher

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Steve Brodie
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Newsboy Legion
Character(s): Guardian; Newsboy Legion
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ira Schnapp letterer credit via Todd Klein through a post from his blog Kleinletters, 16 October 2016 (retrieved 19 November 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/star-spangled-schnapp/).

Cover signed "Simon & Kirby."
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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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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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G Is for Gazelle

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Gabby Strikes a Gusher!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Jack Farr ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
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]]; J. Destry Shearer (villain); Pretty Boy (villain); Needles (villain); Stogie (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Ira Schnapp letterer credit via Todd Klein through a post from his blog Kleinletters, 16 October 2016 (retrieved 19 November 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/star-spangled-schnapp/).

"By Joe Simon & Jack Kirby" byline.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Roland Coe (signed)
Inker(s): Roland Coe (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Wheaties
First Line: Been an awful lot of champion athletes...
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Pages: 1
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A Guilty Innocent

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
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Volto from Mars; Grape-Nut Flakes
First Line: His strange magnetic powers save him...
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Pages: 1
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The Hat Chase

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Phil Berube
Penciller(s): Phil Berube (signed)
Inker(s): Phil Berube (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): History's Mysteries; Smith Brothers Cough Drops
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Pages: 0.5
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The Jigsaw Puzzle Murder!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Samachson
Penciller(s): Jon Small
Inker(s): Jon Small
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Star-Spangled Kid
Character(s): Pudge Malone (death); Baldy Hines; S.J. Pemberton; The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripsey [Pat Dugan]; Commissioner Dunn; Beetle
Synopsis: Pudge is murdered by Baldy but before he dies he leaves a picture puzzle of his killer.
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In Content Item: FlagDC 100-Page Super Spectacular #DC-12 published May 1972
as The Jigsaw Puzzle Murder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #185 published May 1972
as The Jigsaw Puzzle Murder! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Ira Schnapp letterer credit via Todd Klein through a post from his blog Kleinletters, 16 October 2016 (retrieved 19 November 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/star-spangled-schnapp/).
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lit-Win
Penciller(s): Lit-Win
Inker(s): Lit-Win
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Daffy & Doodle
First Line: This is the last button in the house...
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fleer's
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Pages: 0.5
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Champion

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ted Loury
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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The Successful Failure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jimmy Thompson
Inker(s): Jimmy Thompson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jimmy Thompson
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Robotman
Character(s): Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]; Dr. Shrink
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Byron Nelson

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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Temporary Traitor!

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]; Rickey Cannon; Nishi; Ishimoto; Shimizu
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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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): The Weather Man
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Illinois Merchandise Mart
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Cool Under Fire!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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