Star Spangled Comics #6 for Sale - First Appearance of Penniless Palmer - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue: #6
Publication date: March 1942
Key date: 1942-03-00
On-sale date: 1942-01-02
Indicia publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Breezy Pemberton - 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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Hal Sherman; inks: Hal Sherman	Pat Dugan, Sylvester Pemberton, The Star-Spangled Kid, Stripesy
2	Citadel of Crime	comic story	14	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Hal Sherman; inks: Hal Sherman	Breezy Pemberton First, Dr. Weerd, Pat Dugan, Gloria Pemberton, John Pemberton, Sylvester Pemberton, Professor James Stanton, The Star-Spangled Kid, Stripesy
4	Menace of the Jungle Cats	comic story	8	pencils: Cliff Young; inks: Cliff Young	Lieutenant Armstrong
5	-	comic story	2	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff	Jerry the Jitterbug
6	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
7	-	in-house column	0.67	script: Josette Frank
8	The Menace of Bandana Bardon	comic story	8	script: Manly Wade Wellman; pencils: Harold Sharp; inks: Harold Sharp	John Law, Tarantula
9	A New Leader!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.44
10	-	statement of ownership	0.22	script: J. S. Liebowitz
12	Introducing Penniless Palmer	comic story	6	script: R. L. Ross; pencils: R. L. Ross; inks: R. L. Ross	Penniless Palmer First
13	-	comic story	2	script: Ray McGill; pencils: Ray McGill; inks: Ray McGill
14	The Decoy Air Raid	comic story	8	script: Jon L. Blummer; pencils: Jon L. Blummer; inks: Jon L. Blummer	Captain X, Buck Dare
15	The Story of "Old Ironsides"	text article	2	letters: typeset
16	The Plot to Destroy the Statue of Liberty	comic story	10	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Hal Sherman; inks: Hal Sherman	Pat Dugan, Sylvester Pemberton, The Star-Spangled Kid, Stripesy
17	Now on Sale	promo (ad from the publisher)	1

Plus 4.34 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

Before you buy

Golden-age paper is brittle. Ask about page suppleness and check edges for chips in the photos.
Check for trimmed edges, married covers, and clipped coupons - all common on books this old.
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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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