Star Spangled Comics #11

(August 1942)

Paradise Prison (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Simon (signed); Jack Kirby (signed)

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (signed)

Inks:

Joe Simon (signed)

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]; Superman [Clark Kent] (image); Muggsy Baker (villain); B. O. Goodley (villain, warden)

Synopsis:

The Legion discovers that a reformatory that a young criminal ran away from is corrupt, in that the Warden and guards keep the money appropriated for the care of the inmates, who are systematically starved, overworked and beaten.

Reprints:

• in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #145 (January 1972)
• in The Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2010 series) #1 (February 2010)

Case of the Crippled Car (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]

Gallopin' Gold (Table of Contents)

Tarantula / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Manly Wade Wellman

Pencils:

? [as E. J. Smalle] (signed)

Inks:

Ed Smalle [as E. J. Smalle] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Tarantula [John Law]

Reprints:

• in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #207 (November 1971)

Indexer Notes

Pencil revision from E. J. Smalle to ? by Craig Delich 2010-3-6. The Who's Who states that Smalle only did inks in 1942 on this strip.

Cross-Eyed Crocodile (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 for this strip.

Case of the Missing Memory (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Louis Cazeneuve

Inks:

Louis Cazeneuve

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

TNT [Thomas N. Thomas]; Dan [Daniel Dunbar]

Adventure of the Plundering Jap! (Table of Contents)

Robotman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Sam Citron

Inks:

Sam Citron

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Robotman [Robert Crane, aka Paul Dennis]; Chuck Grayson; Slanteyes (villain); Bignose (villain); Dude (villain); Michey (villain)

Synopsis:

Paul Dennis is approached by a group of "businessmen" who are willing to buy all the scrap machinery in an abandoned factory that Dennis owns. However, it's Robotman that sees the connection between this offer and a string of scrap metal robberies that have been occuring.

Indexer Notes

Credits supplied by Craig Delich (March, 2005). Art credit based on correspondence between Jerry Siegel and Whitney Ellsworth in 1942.

["A special message to the boys and girls of America from Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury"] (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Morgenthal, Jr.

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Public service announcement from the Secretary of Defense, encouraging all youngsters to buy at least one ten cent Savings Stamp every week.

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Craig Delich 2010-3-6.