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23August 1943
$0.10

Star Spangled Comics #23

DC · August 1943 · on sale 1943-05-29

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Identification plate

Series
Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue
#23
Publication date
August 1943
Key date
1943-08-00
On-sale date
1943-05-29
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
60

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Art for Scrapper's Sakecover1pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Arturo CazeneuveBig Words, Gabby, The Guardian, Jim Harper, Scrapper, Tommy
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2Tree in the Traintext article0.67letters: typeset
3Art for Scrapper's Sakecomic story13script: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Arturo Cazeneuve; letters: Howard FergusonBig Words, Gabby, The Guardian, Jim Harper, Scrapper, Tommy
4-promo (ad from the publisher)1
5Sweet Land of Liberty!comic story10pencils: Hal Sherman; inks: Hal ShermanPat Dugan, Sylvester Pemberton, The Star-Spangled Kid, Stripesy
6Too Many Sleuths!comic story6pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry BoltinoffPenniless Palmer
7An American Joan of Arc!comic story10script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Chuck Winter; inks: Chuck WinterLibby Lawrence, Liberty Belle
9Hero of Peacetext story1script: Todd LowryJohnny Thompson
10The Clumsy Criminals!comic story5.25pencils: Louis Cazeneuve; inks: Louis CazeneuveDan the Dyna-Mite, Dan Dunbar, Tex N. Thomas, TNT
11Boy Commandos; World's Finest Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.75
12The Vanishing Vandals!comic story6.67script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: John Daly; inks: Chuck WinterRobert Crane / Paul Dennis, Robotman
13Leading Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.33

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 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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