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40January 1945
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Star Spangled Comics #40

DC · January 1945 · on sale 1944-10-31

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Identification plate

Series
Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue
#40
Publication date
January 1945
Key date
1945-01-00
On-sale date
1944-10-31
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack KirbyGuardian; Newsboy Legion
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2-promo (ad from the publisher)0.67letters: typeset
3Farewell to Crime!comic story11pencils: Arturo Cazeneuve; inks: Steve BrodieThe Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion [Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]; Danny the Dip (villain); Slugger (villain)
5The Treasure Tracer!comic story5pencils: Stan Kaye; inks: Stan Kaye
6Too Old to Fighttext story2script: Joseph Greene
7-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
8The Spider's Webcomic story6.67pencils: Jimmy Thompson; inks: Jimmy Thompson; letters: Jimmy ThompsonRobotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]; Spyder (villain)
9The Big All-American Comic Bookpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
11Walnuts with Crushed Crooks on the Side!comic story9pencils: Jon Small; inks: Jon SmallThe Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Carver Sam; Bulldog (villain); Lopear (villain); Baldy (villain)
13Dragons on the River!comic story10script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Chuck Winter; inks: Chuck WinterLiberty Belle [Libby Lawrence]; Rickey Cannon

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

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The Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #2
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Series context

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