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STAR SPANGLED COMICS #5
Cover Date: February 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 (last in Leading Comics #1; next in the second story in this issue)
- Stripesy (last in Leading Comics #1; next in the second story in this issue)
Villain(s):
- Moonglow (Egbert Whipple; first appearance; a thin sickly Professor of Physics; creates a helmet that increases his intelligence, but also his evil tendencies under a full moon; next in issue #9/2)
- Chips (first appearance; gang leader who is killed by Moonglow and his gang taken over)
Location(s):
- Southeastern University
Comment(s):
- This story takes place over several weeks.
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Hal Sherman |
| Lettering | Hal Sherman |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Star-Spangled Kid (between the first and sixth stories in this issue)
- Stripesy (between the first and sixth stories in this issue)
Supporting Character(s):
- John Pemberton
- Gloria Pemberton
Villain(s):
- Doctor Weerd (uses special chemical flares to weaken steel)
Credits:
| Story | Ed Moore |
| Art | Ed Moore |
| Lettering | Ed Moore |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- A Charter boat captain (first appearance; selling ship schedules to Germans)
Credits:
| Story | Manly Wade Wellman |
| Art | Hal Sharp |
| Lettering | Hal Sharp |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Siva (first appearance; a crimelord who dresses as the Indian god Siva)
- Ganesha (first appearance; minion of Siva with a large elephant head costume)
- Mike Delany (first appearance; a rival crimeboss; poses as Ganesha)
Credits:
| Story | Jon L. Blummer |
| Art | Jon L. Blummer |
| Lettering | Jon L. Blummer |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Stuffy
Villain(s):
- Nazis (first appearance for all; use a new "tankboat")
Location(s):
- London, England
- Kent, England
- Suez Canal, Egypt
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)
- Stripesy (last in the second story in this issue)
Supporting Character(s):
- John Pemberton
- Gloria Pemberton
Villain(s):
- Needle (last in Leading Comics #1; next in issue #7/6)
- Legetta (first appearance; an insurance agent who tries to steal the Star of Dehli and frame the Needle)