Star Spangled Comics #12

(September 1942)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Og, Son of Fire (Table of Contents: 2)

Good Books Worth Reading / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Josette Frank (reviewer)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Prevue of Peril (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Joe Simon (signed); Jack Kirby (signed)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (signed)

Inks

Joe Simon (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Howard Ferguson

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 Lamarr (cameo); Clark Gable (cameo); Carmen Miranda (cameo); unnamed 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

• 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 ([May] 2010)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Kool-Aid / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Case of the Precious Peach! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Harold Sherman (signed)

Inks

Harold Sherman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

[The Menace of Steeplejack Stoll's Gang] (Table of Contents: 6)

Tarantula / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Manly Wade Wellman

Pencils

Hal Sharp (signed)

Inks

Hal Sharp (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

Indexer Notes

We formerly credited the art to Ed Smalle in error.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Buddy / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tubby's teaching his sister to skate!

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

4 gags.

Sure-Fire Formula! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Leading Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Mystery of the Hiccupping Parrot!! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

R. L. Ross ?

Pencils

R. L. Ross

Inks

R. L. Ross

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Penniless Palmer

Remember Yesterday (Table of Contents: 10)

TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Louis Cazeneuve

Inks

Louis Cazeneuve

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Clancy the Cop / comic story / 0.45 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gosh - What can I tell the chief?

Genre

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Adventure Comics; Sandman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.22 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

A Mite Tetched (Table of Contents: 14)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Carter Woods

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Characters

Mayor Elmer Doodle

Satan's Machine Shop (Table of Contents: 15)

Robotman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Leo Nowak; Siegel and Shuster Studio (as Shuster Shop)

Inks

Leo Nowak; Siegel and Shuster Studio (as Shuster Shop)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

Indexer Notes

Credits by Bob Hughes.

Now On Sale (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Wonders of Science Simplified / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Modern Concise Encyclopedia / advertisement / 1 page (report information)