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3December 1941
$0.10

Star Spangled Comics #3

DC · December 1941 · on sale 1941-10-04

First appearance: Private Pete
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Identification plate

Series
Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue
#3
Publication date
December 1941
Key date
1941-12-00
On-sale date
1941-10-04
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Private Pete - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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
0-cover1pencils: Hal Sherman; inks: Hal ShermanPat Dugan, Sylvester Pemberton, The Star-Spangled Kid, Stripesy
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2-in-house column0.67script: Josette Frank
3-comic story11script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Hal Sherman; inks: Hal ShermanDr. Weerd, Pat Dugan, Sylvester Pemberton, Professor James Stanton, The Star-Spangled Kid, Stripesy
4-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry BoltinoffPrivate Pete First
5Don't Give Up the Ship!cartoon0.5script: Fray; pencils: Fray; inks: FrayJames Lawrence
6Remember the Alamo!cartoon0.5script: Fray; pencils: Fray; inks: Fray
7-comic story8script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Hal Sherman; inks: Hal ShermanPat Dugan, Sylvester Pemberton, The Star-Spangled Kid, Stripesy
8The Story of the Statue of Libertytext article2letters: typeset
9-comic story8script: Ed Moore; pencils: Ed Moore; inks: Ed MooreLieutenant Armstrong
11-comic story8script: Mort Weisinger; pencils: Hal Sharp; inks: Hal SharpJohn Law, Tarantula
12More Fun Comics; Adventure Comics; All-Star Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1
13-comic story7script: Jon L. Blummer; pencils: Jon L. Blummer; inks: Jon L. BlummerCaptain X, Buck Dare, Stuffy
14-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry BoltinoffPrivate Pete First
15-comic story14script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Hal Sherman; inks: Hal ShermanPat Dugan, Gloria Pemberton, John Pemberton, Sylvester Pemberton, The Star-Spangled Kid, Stripesy
16-promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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