Star Spangled Comics #12

(September 1942)

Prevue of Peril (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]]; Tony (merchant); Bing Crosby (cameo); Bob Hope (cameo); Hedy Lamar (cameo); Clark Gable (cameo); Carmen Miranda (cameo); un-named gangsters (villains)

Synopsis:

Touched by the needs of poor, starving people in Suicide Slum, the Legion asks Jim Harper for help, and he loans them a movie camera to make a movie on how bad the conditions are so that city residents can help out once they see it. But a gang of crooks decide to steal the film and put Officer Harper and the boys out of the way.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #146 (February 1972)
• in Giant Jimmy Olsen Album (K. G. Murray, 1966 ? series) #13 (October 1975)
• in The Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2010 series) #1 (February 2010)

Case of the Precious Peach (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 Menace of Steeplejack Stoll's Gang (Table of Contents)

Tarantula / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

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

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Tarantula [John Law]; Steeplejack Stolle (villain)

Indexer Notes

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

Mystery of the Hiccupping Parrot (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 some of the stories for this strip in 1942.

Remember Yesterday (Table of Contents)

TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite / comic story / 8 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]

Satan's Machine Shop (Table of Contents)

Robotman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Leo Nowak; Shuster Shop

Inks:

Leo Nowak; Shuster Shop

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Robotman [Robert Crane, aka Paul Dennis]; Chuck Grayson

Indexer Notes

Credits by Bob Hughes.