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STAR SPANGLED COMICS #16

Cover Date: January 1943
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks: Joe Simon (signed)
Colors: Jack Kirby

Story: "The Playboy of Suicide Slum!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Joe Simon, Jack Kirby
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Arturo Cazeneuve
Lettering	Howard Ferguson
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Guardian

Newsboy Legion

Big Words (next in Boy Commandos #1/3)

Tommy Thompkins (temporarily adopted by Mr. Thornton, a wealthy banker; next in Boy Commandos #1/3)

Gabby (next in Boy Commandos #1/3)

Scrapper (next in Boy Commandos #1/3)

Villain(s):

Melvin Rudd (first appearance; layabout nephew of Mr. Thornton, commits robberies and frames Tommy)

Location(s):

Suicide Slum

Comment(s):

Arturo Cazeneuve credited as Joe Simon.

Mr. Thornton may later pay for the boys college educations.

Story Reprinted in:

The Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 (February 2010)

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Second Story: "The Peril of the Penny Plunderers!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Hal Sherman
Lettering	Hal Sherman
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Star-Spangled Kid (last in DC Universe: Legacies #2/2; next in Leading Comics #5)

Stripesy (last in DC Universe: Legacies #2/2; next in Leading Comics #5)

Supporting Character(s):

John Pemberton

Villain(s):

O'Grady Mob (first appearance for all)

Comment(s):

This story takes place during a sleet storm.

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Third Story: "Truants in Trouble!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Manly Wade Wellman
Art	Al Anders
Lettering	Al Anders
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Tarantula

Villain(s):

Two bank robbers (first appearance for both)

Other Character(s):

Ben Wilson (first appearance; a truant officer)

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Fourth Story: "Riddle of the Magic Fiddle!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Stan Kaye
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Penniless Palmer

Supporting Character(s):

Bunny

Oxie

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Fifth Story: "The Case of the Spy-Proof Catapult!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Louis Cazeneuve
Lettering	Louis Cazeneuve
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

T.N.T. (last in DC Universe: Legacies #2/2

Dyna-Mite (last in DC Universe: Legacies #2/2

Villain(s):

Spies (first appearance for all)

Comment(s):

TNT and Dyna-Mite use an Explosicar, a vehicle powered by their atomic explosions.

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Sixth Story: "Robotman Takes An Hour Off!!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jerry Siegel
Art	Ed Dobrotka
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Robotman (last in issue #14/6)

Supporting Character(s):

Chuck Grayson

Joan Carter (last in issue #14/6; last appearance)

Villain(s):

Steel thieves (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

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