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20May 1943
$0.10

Star Spangled Comics #20

DC · May 1943 · on sale 1943-02-27

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Identification plate

Series
Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue
#20
Publication date
May 1943
Key date
1943-05-00
On-sale date
1943-02-27
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Newsboys and the Champ!cover1pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Simon; colors: Jack KirbyBig Words, Gabby, The Guardian, Jim Harper, Scrapper, Tommy
2The Newsboys and the Champ!comic story13script: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Steve Brodie; letters: Howard FergusonBig Words, Gabby, The Guardian, Jim Harper, Scrapper, Tommy
3World's Finest Value!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5
4A Real Winner from the Start!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5
5The Needle in the Haystack!comic story10pencils: Hal Sherman; inks: Hal ShermanPat Dugan, The Needle, Sylvester Pemberton, The Star-Spangled Kid, Stripesy
6Kenya-Uganda-Tanganyikatext article1script: Sidney M. Elias
7Belles of Libertycomic story10script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Chuck Winter; inks: Chuck WinterLibby Lawrence, Liberty Belle
8-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry BoltinoffClancy
10The Case of the Capering Micecomic story6pencils: Stan Kaye; inks: Stan KayePenniless Palmer
11-cartoon0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
12Leading Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
13Solid Ghosts!comic story7pencils: Louis Cazeneuve; inks: Louis CazeneuveDan the Dyna-Mite, Dan Dunbar, Tex N. Thomas, TNT
14-cartoon0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
16Message from the Deadtext story2script: Nelson Carr
17The Jigsaw Crimes!comic story10script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: John Daly; inks: John DalyRobert Crane / Paul Dennis, Robotman
18-promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 3.83 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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