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18March 1943
$0.10

Star Spangled Comics #18

DC · March 1943 · on sale 1943-01-02

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Identification plate

Series
Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue
#18
Publication date
March 1943
Key date
1943-03-00
On-sale date
1943-01-02
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

Origin story on record for: Stripesy, The Star-Spangled Kid.

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
0The Education of Iron-Fist Gookincover1pencils: 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
2The Black Stallionin-house column0.67script: Walter Farley
3The Education of Iron-Fist Gookincomic story13script: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Arturo Cazeneuve; letters: Howard FergusonBig Words, Gabby, The Guardian, Jim Harper, Scrapper, Tommy
5-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
6Stripesy vs. the Star-Spangled Kidcomic story13pencils: Harold Sherman; inks: Harold ShermanPat Dugan, Sylvester Pemberton, The Star-Spangled Kid Origin, Stripesy Origin
7Stanley the Explorertext article1script: Sidney Elias
8Granny Get Your Gun!comic story8script: Manly Wade WellmanJohn Law, Tarantula
9Big-League Stuff!promo (ad from the publisher)0.67
10-statement of ownership0.33letters: typeset
11Mystery of the Phony Sneezecomic story6pencils: Stan Kaye; inks: Stan KayePenniless Palmer
12Dealer of Doom!comic story7pencils: Louis Cazeneuve; inks: Louis CazeneuveDan the Dyna-Mite, Dan Dunbar, Tex N. Thomas, TNT
13-comic story0.45script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry BoltinoffPrivate Pete
16Stamp Out Naziism with War Stampspublic service announcement0.11
17The Witnessestext story2script: Norman Goss
18Robotman Was Worth His Weight in Gold!comic story10script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Ed Dobrotka; inks: Ed DobrotkaRobert Crane / Paul Dennis, Chuck Grayson, Robotman
19-promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 2.94 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
The Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1
ISBN 978-1-4012-2593-3
2010On eBay ›

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Series context

Sources

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