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21June 1943
$0.10

Star Spangled Comics #21

DC · June 1943 · on sale 1943-03-30

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Identification plate

Series
Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue
#21
Publication date
June 1943
Key date
1943-06-00
On-sale date
1943-03-30
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
60

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred RayBig Words, Gabby, The Guardian, Jim Harper, Scrapper, Tommy
1Editorial Advisory Boardpublic service announcement0.33letters: typeset
2The Big Eightpromo (ad from the publisher)0.67
3The House Where Time Stood Stillcomic story12script: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Arturo Cazeneuve; letters: Howard FergusonBig Words, Gabby, The Guardian, Jim Harper, Scrapper, Tommy
5Pop Goes the Weasel!comic story10pencils: Harold Sherman; inks: Harold ShermanPat Dugan, Sylvester Pemberton, The Star-Spangled Kid, Stripesy
6The Vandal Invaders!comic story10script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Chuck Winter; inks: Chuck WinterLiberty Belle, Libby Lawrence
7The Dynamic Duds!comic story6pencils: Louis Cazeneuve; inks: Louis CazeneuveDan the Dyna-Mite, Dan Dunbar, Tex N. Thomas, TNT
8Death Sets the Clocktext story1.67script: Norman Goss
10The Vanishing Elevatorcomic story7pencils: George Storm; inks: George StormPenniless Palmer
11The Four Strong Men!comic story8script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: John Daly; inks: John DalyRobotman, Robert Crane / Paul Dennis, Chuck Grayson
12-promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 2.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

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