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13October 1942
$0.10

Star Spangled Comics #13

DC · October 1942 · on sale 1942-08-01

First appearance: The Fly
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Identification plate

Series
Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue
#13
Publication date
October 1942
Key date
1942-10-00
On-sale date
1942-08-01
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of The Fly - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Kill Dat Story!cover1pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Simon; colors: Jack KirbyBig Words, Gabby, The Guardian, Jim Harper, Scrapper, Tommy
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2Carcajouin-house column0.67script: Josette Frank
3The Scoop of Suicide Slums!comic story13script: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Simon; letters: Howard FergusonBig Words, Gabby, The Guardian, Jim Harper, Scrapper, Tommy
4The Man Who Could Make Dreams Come True!comic story13pencils: Hal Sherman; inks: Hal ShermanPat Dugan, Sylvester Pemberton, The Star-Spangled Kid, Stripesy
6The Skirmish of the Spider and the Fly!comic story8script: Manly Wade Wellman; pencils: Hal Sharp; inks: Hal SharpThe Fly First, John Law, Tarantula
7Gagscartoon0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
8Wonder Womanpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
9Case of the Smiling Statue!comic story7.67script: R. L. Ross; pencils: R. L. Ross; inks: R. L. RossPenniless Palmer
10Adventure Comics; Genius Jonespromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
11-comic story0.22script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry BoltinoffClancy
12Leading Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.45
14The Perilous Passagecomic story7pencils: Louis Cazeneuve; inks: Louis CazeneuveDan the Dyna-Mite, Dan Dunbar, Tex N. Thomas, TNT
15A Matter of Stickingtext story2script: Norman GossSanders; Ballard; Gummy; Bowen
16Menace of the Blastercomic story10script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Sam Citron; inks: Sam CitronRobert Crane / Paul Dennis, Chuck Grayson, Adolf Hitler, Robotman

Plus 3.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #1471972On eBay ›
The Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1
ISBN 978-1-4012-2593-3		2010On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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