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26November 1943
$0.10

Star Spangled Comics #26

DC · November 1943 · on sale 1943-08-28

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Identification plate

Series
Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue
#26
Publication date
November 1943
Key date
1943-11-00
On-sale date
1943-08-28
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
60

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Louie the Lug Goes Literarycover1pencils: Jack KirbyThe Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion [Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]; Louie the Lug
2Louie the Lug Goes Literarycomic story13script: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe SimonThe Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion [Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]; Louie the Lug (villain); "Silver" Plait (villain); "Mugger" Dawes (villain)
4-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
5-promo (ad from the publisher)1
6Butch Minds the Birdies!comic story10pencils: Hal Sherman; inks: Hal ShermanThe Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Butch
7Super Sleuth McFooeycomic story4script: Jack Farr; pencils: Jack Farr; inks: Jack Farr; letters: Jack FarrSuper Sleuth McFooey
8The Case of the Frivolous Fish!comic story6pencils: George Storm; inks: George StormPenniless Palmer
9Journey of Hopetext story2script: Norman Goss
10The Little Rebel!comic story10script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Chuck Winter; inks: Chuck WinterLiberty Belle [Libby Lawrence]
11If I Were Robotman!comic story6.67script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Jimmy Thompson; inks: Jimmy Thompson; letters: Jimmy ThompsonRobotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]
12World's Finest Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.33

Plus 5 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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