Star Spangled Comics #35

(August 1944)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

Short Weight Blues! (Table of Contents: 3)

The Star-Spangled Kid / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Jon Small

Inks

Steve Brodie

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

When a field oh honest enterprise is invaded by a murderous mob of foul-fighting marauders

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; S.J. Pemberton; Bert Cartwright; Grunner (villain);

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

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Fighting Wonder from Down Under! (Table of Contents: 5)

Penniless Palmer / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Stan Kaye

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gangland's headach, Penniless Palmer, plus the blue-eyed Bunny South and the ever-empty Oxie...

Genre

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Eveready / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Proud Poppas! (Table of Contents: 7)

The Newsboy Legion / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Gil Kane

Inks

Gil Kane

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Never could the lads of the Newsboy Legion have tackled a tougher task than that of being ... four fathers!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Newsboy Legion [Tommy Tompkins; Gabby; Big Words; Scrapper]; The Guardian [Jim Harper]; Short-Pants Pete; Sam (villain)

Synopsis

The Legion finds a wayward waif and "adopts" him.

Reprints

• in The Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2010 series) #2 ([October] 2017)

Indexer Notes

Art revision from Arturo Cazeneuve to Kane per Daniel Herman in Alter Ego (TwoMorrows, 1999 series) #149 (November 2017). Cazeneuve credited in the collected edition.

Though Kane was illustrating at this time under his birth name, Eli Katz, and sometimes signed his stories, he did not sign this one.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Popsicle / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Robbie Turns Sleuth (Table of Contents: 9)

Robotman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Jimmy Thompson

Inks

Jimmy Thompson

Colors

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Letters

Jimmy Thompson

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Who is the super-sleuth of dogdom, the Sherlock Holmes of the canine world?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]; Robbie the Robot Dog; Sport Morey

Synopsis

After reading some Sherlock Holmes stories, Robbie the Robotdog is inspired to become a detective.

Murder on Schedule (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Cabot

Letters

typeset

The Painted Planes! (Table of Contents: 11)

Liberty Belle / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron (signed)

Pencils

Chuck Winter (signed)

Inks

Chuck Winter (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The twisted double-cross of the sinister swastika swoops down out of the sky ...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Liberty Belle [Libby Lawrence]; Rickey Cannon; Tom Revere

Synopsis

Liberty Belle uncovers a German plot to conquer New York City by tricking the U.S. forces protecting the city to destroy each other.

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

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Private Pete / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey, Sarge. Look - It finally came in the mail...

Genre

humor; military

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

The Mysterious Blonde (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola / advertisement / 1 page (report information)