Star Spangled Comics
#129
(June 1952)
DC,
1941 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1952-04-16
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Some data supplied by Craig Delich.
Some data supplied by Craig Delich.
The Human Orchids!
Doctor Thirteen / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Señor Garitza
Indexer 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/).
Superman Says: "Hop on the Welfare Wagon!"
Superman / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
- Characters
- Superman
- Synopsis
- Superman explains the importance of contributing to community hospitals.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Human Orchids
Doctor Thirteen / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Leonard Starr (signed as
Starr (all caps)) - Inks
- Leonard Starr (signed as Starr (all caps))
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Feature Logo
The Ghost-Breaker- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Doctor Terry Thirteen; Marie Leeds; Señor Garitza; Wendell Drew
- Synopsis
- Doctor Thirteen uncovers a bizarre scam involving apparent human-plant hybrid creatures.
- Reprints
-
in Fantomet (Hjemmet / Egmont, 1998 series) #1/2000 (4. januar 2000)
-
The Magic Key
Robin / comic story / 5.5 pages
- Feature Logo
Robin the Boy Wonder [inside bat]- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon
- Synopsis
- Robin deduces the unusual importance of a key that was stolen in a robbery.
- Keywords
- Bat-Cave; heavy water; magnetism
[no title indexed]
Dubble Bubble Gum / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boy! He's excited!
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Pud
- Synopsis
- Pud gives some Dubble Bubble to a monkey in the zoo and he blows a bigger bubble than Pud's.
The Fleet That Was Jinxed!
Captain Compass / comic story / 5.67 pages
- Feature Logo
Captain Compass- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Captain Mark Compass; Dan Penny; Captain Blight
- Synopsis
- Captain Compass goes undercover to learn why so many ships from the same line have been exploding in the harbor at Porto la Corte.
Indexer 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/).
Case of the Crossed-Up Car Crook
"P-F" Canvas Shoes; Another Jim Wise Story / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; sports
- Synopsis
- Two boys help catch bank robbers thanks to their "P-F" canvas shoes.
Indexer Notes
On the page between page 3 and page 4 of the previous story sequence.
Gleams as It Cleans -- Cleans as It Gleams!
Wildroot Liquid Cream Shampoo / comics-form advertising / 0.33 page
Darlings of the Sports World
text article / 2 pages
- Script
- Jack Miller ?
- Pencils
- ? (illustration)
- Inks
- ? (illustration)
- Colors
- ? (illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- sports
- Synopsis
- Exploration of the newly-popular women's sport of roller derby.
The Gunsmith of Glenoaks!
Tomahawk / comic story / 5.67 pages
- Feature Logo
Tomahawk- Genre
- historical; western-frontier
- Characters
- Tomahawk; Dan Hunter; Ben Hart; Captain Eaton; Betsy Hart; Billy Hart
- Synopsis
- Pursued by the British, Tomahawk and Dan are forced to seek shelter with an old friend in an enemy-occupied town. They are soon arrested and face execution, but fortunately there are other patriots in the town who are ready to help.
- Keywords
- American Revolution; firing squads; redcoats; water pistols
Out of This World
Necco Wafers / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- With powerful telecopes we can see yellow clouds...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
[no title indexed]
Shorty / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh Shorty, come here!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Shorty
- Synopsis
- Shorty tries to carry out his boss's assignment, but things don't work out right.
- Reprints
-
in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #43 (September 1955)
-
Editorial Advisory Board
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Includes a plug for A Date with Judy on ABC.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The oldest symbol in comics...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; house ad for Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #169 and House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #4.
257 Air Rifles Given
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Fred Harman (signed) (illustration)
- Inks
- Fred Harman (signed) (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Indexer Notes
Back cover; shooting contest sponsored by Daisy
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Human Orchids!
Doctor Thirteen -
1.
Superman Says: "Hop on the Welfare Wagon!"
Superman -
2.
The Human Orchids
Doctor Thirteen -
3.
What Sparks a Champion Sparks You!
Wheaties -
4.
The Magic Key
Robin -
5.
["Boy! He's excited!"]
Dubble Bubble Gum -
6.
The Fleet That Was Jinxed!
Captain Compass -
7.
Case of the Crossed-Up Car Crook
"P-F" Canvas Shoes; Another Jim Wise Story -
8.
Gleams as It Cleans -- Cleans as It Gleams!
Wildroot Liquid Cream Shampoo -
9.
Darlings of the Sports World
-
10.
The Gunsmith of Glenoaks!
Tomahawk -
11.
Out of This World
Necco Wafers -
12.
60 All New Champion Trading Cards
Wheaties -
13.
["Oh Shorty, come here!"]
Shorty -
14.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
15.
["The oldest symbol in comics..."]
-
16.
257 Air Rifles Given
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Peter Croome
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Bob Hughes
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Adam Spector
- Jim Van Dore
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