Star Spangled Comics #9

(June 1942)

The Rookie Takes the Rap! (Table of Contents)

The Newsboy Legion / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Ferguson

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion [Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]; "Sure Thing" Kelly; Dippy the Pickpocket; Inspector Bevins

Synopsis:

"Sure Thing" Kelly has Jim Harper framed for bribery to get him to stop raiding his illegal gambling ring. The Guardian and the Newsboys must uncover proof to clear Jim Harper's name.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #143 (November 1971)
• in The Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2010 series) #1 (February 2010)

Crime by the Chapter (Table of Contents)

The Star-Spangled Kid / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Hal Sherman

Inks:

Hal Sherman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; The Needle (villain); Dr. Weerd (villain); Moonglow (villain)

Storm Over Souciyan (Table of Contents)

The Tarantula / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Harold Sharp

Inks:

Harold Sharp

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Tarantula [John Law]

Case of the Warbling Worm (Table of Contents)

Penniless Palmer / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

R. L. Ross ?

Pencils:

R. L. Ross

Inks:

R. L. Ross

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Penniless Palmer

Indexer Notes

Writer revision from R. L. Ross to R. L. Ross? by Craig Delich 2010-3-6. The Who's Who states that Ross MAY have written stories in 1942.

Mystery of the Mother Goose Mob (Table of Contents)

TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Paul Norris

Inks:

Paul Norris

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

TNT [Thomas N. Thomas]; Dan [Daniel Dunbar]; the Mother Goose Mob (villains)

The Vanishing Millions (Table of Contents)

Robotman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Leo Nowak

Inks:

John Sikela

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Robotman [Robert Crane, aka Paul Dennis]; Chuck Grayson; the Human Magnet (villain)

Synopsis:

Robotman must battle a nefarious gang whose leader has developed a portable mechanism that generates large amounts of magnetism, allowing them to be able to steal their loot in a near invisible fashion.

Indexer Notes

Credits via Craig Delich, inker identification by Bob Hughes (March, 2005).