(September 1948)

DC, 1941 Series
< Previous Issue |
| Next Issue >
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1948-06-30
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
A Superman DC Publication
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 2, Part 2, Number 2, Periodicals, July-December 1948. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B144978.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Robin / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jim Mooney
Inks
Jim Mooney
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
First Line of Dialogue or Text
How can we fight juvenile delinquency?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprints

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/).

Cover Thumbnail for Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #84
Edit cover
Cover gallery

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) /

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

The Third Street Gang! (Table of Contents: 3)

Robin / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger ?
Pencils
Jim Mooney
Inks
Jim Mooney
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Mr. Schultz (deli owner); Mr. Spolodoni (grocer); Third Street Gang [Petey; Lefty; rest un-named]
Synopsis
In order to more fully understand the problem of juvenile delinquency, Robin disguises himself as a street urchin, hoping to draw the attention of the infamous Third Street Gang.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencil revision from Win Mortimer to Mooney by Craig Delich.

Ewell Blackwell (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Sam Takes Himself for a Ride (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Four Dates with Destiny! (Table of Contents: 6)

Captain Compass / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jimmy Thompson
Inks
Jimmy Thompson
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Captain Compass [Mark Compass]; John Hill; Mr. Parks; Captain Mumford; Frank Dobbs; Carol Gaylord; Russell; James Swinton (villain); Louis Bragg (villain)

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/). Original indexer credited Jimmy Thompson.

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

Kellogg's Corn Flakes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Return of the Rope! (Table of Contents: 8)

The Star-Spangled Kid / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Merry, the Gimmick Girl [Mary Pemberton]; S.J. Pemberton; the Rope (villain)

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/).

Merry, the Gimmick Girl [Mary Pemberton] solo story.

Sylvester Pemberton does not appear in costume as the Star-Spangled Kid.

Captain Tootsie Traps the Killer Bear with Invisible Light (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Rogue of the Restless Hotel (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Stan Kaye
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Characters
Penniless Palmer

The Not-So-Dark Continent (Table of Contents: 11)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction

Killer from Out of Time! (Table of Contents: 12)

Tomahawk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Ray
Inks
Fred Ray
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
historical; western-frontier
Characters
Tomahawk [Tom Hawk]; Dan Hunter; Benjamin Franklin; Dirk Larabee (villain)

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/).

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Schwinn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["How can we fight juvenile delinquency?"]
    Robin
  2. 1. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. 2. ["Let the facts speak for themselves..."]
    Real Fact Comics
  4. 3. The Third Street Gang!
    Robin
  5. 4. Ewell Blackwell
    Wheaties
  6. 5. Sam Takes Himself for a Ride
    Adventures of Sam Spade; Wildroot Cream-Oil
  7. 6. Four Dates with Destiny!
    Captain Compass
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Kellogg's Corn Flakes
  9. 8. The Return of the Rope!
    The Star-Spangled Kid
  10. 9. Captain Tootsie Traps the Killer Bear with Invisible Light
    Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
  11. 10. The Rogue of the Restless Hotel
    Penniless Palmer
  12. 11. The Not-So-Dark Continent
  13. 12. Killer from Out of Time!
    Tomahawk
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Dale Evans Comics
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Schwinn
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Craig Delich
  • Bob Hughes
  • John Pannozzi
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Evaristo Lito Sandoval
  • Jim Van Dore
If you believe any of this data to be incorrect, please let us know.
Cover thumbnails are used for identification purposes only. All rights to cover images reserved by the respective copyright holders.
Creative Commons License All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.
The GCD Privacy Policy. The GCD Web Site code is licensed under the GNU General Public License.