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72September 1947
$0.10

Star Spangled Comics #72

DC · September 1947 · on sale 1947-07-01

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Identification plate

Series
Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue
#72
Publication date
September 1947
Key date
1947-09-00
On-sale date
1947-07-01
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Robin Crusoecover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira SchnappRobin [Dick Grayson]
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2W Is for Woodchuckpromo (ad from the publisher)0.67
3Robin Crusoe!comic story10script: Bill Finger; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John Fischetti; letters: Ira SchnappRobin [Dick Grayson]; Batman [Bruce Wayne] (cameo); Bat-Plane
5Opening a Closed Casecomic story5Penniless Palmer
7More Fun Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1
8The Robotman Detector!comic story6pencils: Jimmy Thompson; inks: Jimmy Thompson; letters: Jimmy ThompsonRobotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]; Robbie the Robotdog
10Taxi to Trouble!comic story7pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappThe Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; S.J. Pemberton
11A Right to Livetext story2script: Max Olin
12-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
15The Old Indian Game!comic story10script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred Ray; letters: Ira SchnappTomahawk [Tom Hawk]; Dan Hunter; Black Thunder; Laughing Fawn; The Owl; Japhet Manger (villain)

Plus 8.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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