Star Spangled Comics #18

(March 1943)

The Education of Iron-Fist Gookin (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:

Arturo Cazeneuve [as Joe Simon] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Ferguson [as Ferguson] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion: [Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]; Iron-Fist Gookin; Sharpy Pierce (villain); Trigger (villain); Chuck (villain); Silvie (villain)

Synopsis:

Mob boss Sharpy Pierce decides to use Iron-Fist Gookin, a wanna be gang leader, as the leader of his gang to take the heat off of himself. But when the wanna be learns that he is being used, he turns the tables on Sharpy and teaches him what justice is all about!

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in The Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2010 series) #1 (February 2010)

Indexer Notes

Letterer Howard Ferguson signed his last name on the book pictured on the splash page.

Stripesy vs. the Star Spangled Kid (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Hal Sherman

Inks:

Hal Sherman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Star Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]

Granny Get Your Gun (Table of Contents)

Tarantula / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Tarantula [John Law]

Myster of the Phony Sneeze (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Stan Kaye

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Pennliness Palmer

Dealer of Doom (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]

Robotman Was Worth His Weight in Gold (Table of Contents)

Robotman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Ed Dobrotka

Inks:

Ed Dobrotka

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Robotman [Robert Crane aka Paul Dennis]; Chuck Grayson

Indexer Notes

Credits via Craig Delich (March, 2005).