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9May 1953
$0.10

Star Spangled War Stories #9

DC · May 1953 · on sale 1953-03-23

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Series
Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series)
Issue
#9
Publication date
May 1953
Key date
1953-05-00
On-sale date
1953-03-23
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Sad Sack Squad!comic story8script: Jack Miller; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Ray Burnley
4Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
5Diary of a Dogfacecomic story5.67script: Jack Miller; pencils: Jay McArdle; inks: Jay McArdle
7-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
8Andy Jackson's Couriercomic story6pencils: Fred Ray; inks: Fred Ray
9The Strangest Sea Battletext article2script: Jack Miller
10The Line of Starspromo (ad from the publisher)1
11Double Troublecomic story5.67script: Jack Miller; pencils: Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Ray Burnley
14Buzzy Gets Tips on Choosing a Profession!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp

Plus 4.16 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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