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5February 1942
$0.10

Star Spangled Comics #5

DC · February 1942 · on sale 1941-11-28

First appearance: Jerry the JitterbugFirst appearance: MoonglowFirst appearance: Professor Egbert Whipple
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Identification plate

Series
Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue
#5
Publication date
February 1942
Key date
1942-02-00
On-sale date
1941-11-28
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Jerry the Jitterbug - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

First appearance of Professor Egbert Whipple - 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 ShermanDr. Weerd, Pat Dugan, Sylvester Pemberton, Professor James Stanton, The Star-Spangled Kid, Stripesy
2The Menace of Moonglowcomic story17script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Hal Sherman; inks: Hal ShermanPat Dugan, Moonglow First, Sylvester Pemberton, The Star-Spangled Kid, Stripesy, Professor Egbert Whipple First
3Now on Salepromo (ad from the publisher)1
4The Master Plan of Dr. Weerdcomic story8script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Hal Sherman; inks: Hal ShermanDr. Weerd, Pat Dugan, Sylvester Pemberton, Professor James Stanton, The Star-Spangled Kid, Stripesy
5-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry BoltinoffJerry the Jitterbug First
6The Story of the Washington Monumenttext article2letters: typeset
7Vacationcomic story8script: Ed Moore; pencils: Ed Moore; inks: Ed MooreLieutenant Armstrong
8The Warlord of Crimecomic story8script: Manly Wade Wellman; pencils: Harold Sharp; inks: Harold SharpJohn Law, Tarantula
9Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
10Pogo, the Circus Horsein-house column0.67script: Josette Frank
11The Amphibian Weaponscomic story8script: Jon L. Blummer; pencils: Jon L. Blummer; inks: Jon L. BlummerCaptain X, Buck Dare
12I Only Regret That I Have But One Life to Lose for My Countrycartoon0.5script: Fray; pencils: Fray; inks: FrayNathan Hale
13Leading Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
14The Return of the Needlecomic story8script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Hal Sherman; inks: Hal ShermanPat Dugan, The Needle, Sylvester Pemberton, The Star-Spangled Kid, Stripesy
15And Now the "Big Seven" Becomes the "Big Eight"!promo (ad from the publisher)1

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

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Series context

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Sources

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