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STAR SPANGLED COMICS #9
Cover Date: June 1942
Cover Price: $.10
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Cover Credits:
Art and color: Jack Kirby
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Credits:
| Story | Joe Simon, Jack Kirby |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Joe Simon |
| Lettering | Howard Ferguson |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- "Sure Thing" Kelly (first appearance; frames Harper for bribery)
- Dippy the Pickpocket (first appearance)
Location(s):
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #143/3 (November 1971)
- The Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 (February 2010)
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Hal Sherman |
| Lettering | Hal Sherman |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Moonglow (last in issue #5; last appearance)
- Doctor Weerd (last in issue #7/6; last appearance)
- Needle
- Confession Charley (P.D. King; first appearance; a mystery writer who uses a story with the deaths of the other three villains to trick them into killing the other underworld leaders so he can take over)
Credits:
| Story | Manly Wade Wellman |
| Art | Hal Sharp |
| Lettering | Hal Sharp |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Tarantula (next in All-Star Squadron #18)
Villain(s):
- Mr. Girby and Moller (first appearance for both; plan on using a hurricane to look the small island)
Location(s):
- Souciyan (first appearance; a small vacation island in the West Indies)
Credits:
| Story | R. L. Ross |
| Art | R. L. Ross |
| Lettering | R. L. Ross |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Bunny
- Oxie
Villain(s):
- tunneling bank robbers (first appearance for all)
Other Character(s):
- Professor Dean (first appearance; teaches a worm to sing)
Credits:
| Art | Paul Norris |
| Lettering | Paul Norris |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Mother Goose (George E. Ready; first appearance; bankrupt millionaire who uses nursery rhymes to base his crimes)
- Maugnant Triplets (first appearance; three midgets who pose as children)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Leo Nowak |
| Inks | John Sikela |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Robotman (next in Justice League of America #193/2)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Human Magnet (first appearance)