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131August 1952
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Star Spangled War Stories #131

DC · August 1952 · on sale 1952-06-23

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Identification plate

Series
Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series)
Issue
#131
Publication date
August 1952
Key date
1952-08-00
On-sale date
1952-06-23
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
1Superman Says: "It's Smart to Check -- And Doublecheck!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappSuperman
2I Was a Jap Prisoner of War!comic story8pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
6The Coward!comic story5.67pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye, John Fischetti
8Message to Parentspublic service announcement0.5letters: typeset
10The Human Mine Sweepers!comic story6pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown
11-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
12They Speak 24 Languagestext article2script: Jack Miller
13G.I. Glamor Girl!comic story5.67pencils: Ed Smalle; inks: Ed Smalle
14The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewispromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
15Two More Thrilling Magazines for Mystery Fans!promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 3.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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