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STAR SPANGLED COMICS #18
Cover Date: March 1943
Cover Price: $.10
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks: Joe Simon (signed)
Colors: Jack Kirby
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Credits:
| Story | Joe Simon, Jack Kirby |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Arturo Cazeneuve |
| Lettering | Howard Ferguson |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Sharpey Pierce (first appearance; uses Gookin to take the fall for his crimes)
Other Character(s):
- Iron-Fist Gookin (first appearance; a tough ganster-wannna-be who gets framed for crimes)
Location(s):
Story Reprinted in:
- The Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 (February 2010)
Credits:
| Art | Hal Sherman |
| Lettering | Hal Sherman |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Star-Spangled Kid (in flashback to his earliest chronologial appearance)
- Stripesy (in flashback to his earliest chronologial appearance)
Villain(s):
- Nazis (first appearance for all; plan to sabotage the 4th of July celebration in New York City)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
Comment(s):
- This story is retold with new details in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #9
Credits:
| Story | Manly Wade Wellman |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Cynthia Agatha Donk (first appearance; a crook posing as an elderly heiress to have Tarantula help him commit crimes)
Credits:
| Art | Stan Kaye |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Bunny
- Oxie
Credits:
| Art | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Lettering | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Phineas Smythe (first appearance; an art thief)
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Ed Dobrotka |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Chuck Grayson (next in issue #21/6)
Villain(s):
- Three crooks (first appearance for all)
Other Character(s):
- Professor Izra Yenver (first appearance; creates a way to artificially create Iridium)