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STAR SPANGLED COMICS #4
Cover Date: January 1942
Cover Price: $.10
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Cover Credits:
Art: Hal Sherman (signed)
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Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Hal Sherman |
| Lettering | Hal Sherman |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Star-Spangled Kid (next in the second story in this issue)
- Stripesy (next in the second story in this issue)
Supporting Character(s):
- John Pemberton
Villain(s):
- Needle (first appearance; a very tall former circus performer, now criminal and killer; next in Leading Comics #1)
- Reynauld (first appearance; a very small dwarf who hides in packages and kills the Needle's foes)
Comment(s):
- Sylvester tries to act as an amateur sleuth to gain information.
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Hal Sherman |
| Lettering | Hal Sherman |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Star-Spangled Kid (between the first and the sixth stories in this issue)
- Stripesy (between the first and the sixth stories in this issue)
Supporting Character(s):
- John Pemberton
- Gloria Pemberton
Villain(s):
- Mister Ghool (first appearance; crime boss who causes his victims to fall into suspended animation; gang members dress like ghouls; next in World's Finest Comics #7/4)
Credits:
| Story | Ed Moore |
| Art | Ed Moore |
| Lettering | Ed Moore |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Professor Arnot (first appearance; a German scientist who develops a "sand cannon" that clogs airplane engines)
- Krogg (first appearance; Arnot's henchman; dies)
Other Character(s):
- Bender (first appearance; Armstrong's pilot; dies)
Location(s):
- American Southeast
Credits:
| Story | Manly Wade Wellman |
| Art | Hal Sharp |
| Lettering | Hal Sharp |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Blade (first appearance; a knife wielding gang leader)
Other Character(s):
- President Gomez and his daughter Paula (first appearance for both; leader of a small South American country)
Credits:
| Story | Jon L. Blummer |
| Art | Jon L. Blummer |
| Lettering | Jon L. Blummer |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Stuffy
- J.J.
Villain(s):
- Nazis (first appearance for all)
Location(s):
- London, England
- Kent, England
- Norway
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Hal Sherman |
| Lettering | Hal Sherman |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Star-Spangled Kid (last in the second story in this issue; next in Leading Comics #1)
- Stripesy (last in the second story in this issue; next in Leading Comics #1)
Supporting Character(s):
- John Pemberton
- Gloria Pemberton
Villain(s):
- Doctor Weerd (uses an ionic ray that changes gold to lead and a giant flying buzz-saw blade)
Comment(s):
- The Star-Rocket Racer now has a flying hover capability.