Star Spangled Comics #15

(December 1942)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Playmates of Peril! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Joe Simon (signed); Jack Kirby (signed)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (signed)

Inks

Arturo Cazeneuve (ghosted for Joe Simon) (signed as Joe Simon)

Colors

?

Letters

Howard Ferguson

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Newsboy Legion: Big Words; Gabby; Scrapper; Tommy Tompkins
The Guardian [Jim Harper]; Mrs. Slattery; Tony (grocer); Sergeant Mulroony; Sparky (Suicide Slum gang member); Butch Baxter (villain)

Synopsis

Hearing that the Baxter gang is going to commit a big crime, the Guardian steps in to bust that up...at least for a little. However, when a policeman notes the absence of Jim Harper from his beat and Harper is warned by the Captain not to do so again, else he'll be fired, the gang decides to commit to heist anyway, knowing that Harper is being constantly watched by a Sergeant.

Reprints

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

Thorfinnur Karlsefni (Table of Contents: 3)

Stamps / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Sidney Elias (credited as Sidney M. Elias)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Page includes many ads from stamps dealers.

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Bedrin Stamps; Bookman Stamps; Brown Stamps; Continental Stamps; Dolin Stamps; Garcelon Stamps; Highland Stamps; John J. Gunther Stamps; Kent Stamps; Kenwood Stamps; Libby Stamps; Lyman Stamps / Reliable Stamps; Mortimer Ellis Stamps; Mystic Stamps; Pladon Stamps; Roberts Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Log of the Lucky Lode (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Louis Cazeneuve

Inks

Louis Cazeneuve

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Dan the Dyna-Mite [Daniel Dunbar]; TNT [Thomas N. Thomas]

Black Gold (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Topley (credited)

Letters

typeset

Tarantula Turns Thief! (Table of Contents: 7)

Tarantula / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Manly Wade Wellman

Pencils

Hal Sharp

Inks

Hal Sharp

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Tarantula [John Law]

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Ralston Instant Wheat Cereal [Ralston Hot Cereal]; Ralston Whole Wheat Cereal; Tom Mix / comics-form advertising / 2 pages (report information)

The College of Crime! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Harold Sherman (signed as Hal Sherman)

Inks

Harold Sherman (signed as Hal Sherman)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Case of the Haunted Hams (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Stan Kaye

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Penniless Palmer

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

Age of Chemistry; American School Courses; Crowell / Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Magazines; Screen Art Studios Pictures; United States Savings Bonds and Stamps / advertisement / 0.22 page (report information)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.78 page (report information)

Trial of Robotman! (Table of Contents: 14)

Robotman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Sam Citron

Inks

Sam Citron

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Chuck Grayson; Robotman; Jeff (Robotman's lawyer); Joan (Robert Crane's girlfriend); Sam Slugg (villain, shyster lawyer); Brutus Bane (villain)

Synopsis

A crooked lawyer figures out a way of legally putting Robotman out of the picture so that he can have the smartest crooks in the world working for him. To win the case, the Man of Metal must prove to the court that he is really a human being.

Indexer Notes

Art identification based on correspondence between Jerry Siegel and Whitney Ellsworth in 1942.

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National Radio Institute Home Study Course / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Don't Miss Your Favorites! (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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