Unofficial Star Spangled Comics Index

STAR SPANGLED COMICS #42

Cover Date: March 1945
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Steve Brodie

Story: "The Power of the Press!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Creators: saw no args

Feature Character(s):

Guardian

Newsboy Legion

Big Words

Tommy Thompkins

Gabby

Scrapper

Villain(s):

Undertaker and his gang (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Suicide Slum

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Second Story: "The Man Who Changed Color!" (5 Pages)

Credits:

Art

Stan Kaye

Feature Character(s):

Penniless Palmer

Supporting Character(s):

Bunny

Oxie

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Third Story: "One-Track Tuttle!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Jimmy Thompson
Lettering	Jimmy Thompson

Feature Character(s):

Robotman

Supporting Character(s):

Robbie the Robotdog

Villain(s):

One-Track Tuttle (first appearance; a safe cracker)

Comment(s):

Thompson uses a combination of hand lettering and Ames Mechanical lettering.

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Fourth Story: "Peril and Plunder!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Art

Jon Small

Feature Character(s):

Star-Spangled Kid

Stripesy

Supporting Character(s):

John Pemberton

Villain(s):

Professor Reeder (High-Brow Herbie; first appearance; poses as a geologist to engineer a crime)

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Fifth Story: "Swords in the Sea!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Don Cameron
Art	Chuck Winter

Feature Character(s):

Liberty Belle

Supporting Character(s):

Rick Cannon (last in issue #40/5)

Villain(s):

Von Ratzen and his crew (first appearance for all; an escaping Nazi U-Boat terrorizing the South Seas; all probably die)

Location(s):

South Seas

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