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Star Spangled Comics 34

STAR SPANGLED COMICS #34

Cover Date: July 1944
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: John Daly


Story: "From Rags To Ruin!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

ArtArturo Cazeneuve

Feature Character(s):

Guardian
Newsboy Legion:
Big Words
Tommy Thompkins
Gabby (becomes president of a crooked insurance company)
Scrapper

Villain(s):

Manny and his gang (first appearance for all; uses a phony insurance company to run a protection racket)

Location(s):

Suicide Slum


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Second Story: "A Greek Tragedy!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsCliff Young
InksSteve Brody

Feature Character(s):

Star-Spangled Kid (next in Leading Comics #11)
Stripesy (next in Leading Comics #11)

Villain(s):

Putney Pressure (first appearance; an efficiency expert who plans crimes)
Baldy Burke (first appearance; one of Pressure's clients)

Other Character(s):

Anaximander Bacigalupos (first appearance; a Greek refugee who is looking for a job)


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Third Story: "The Haunted Hunter!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtGeorge Storm

Feature Character(s):

Penniless Palmer

Supporting Character(s):

Bunny
Oxie


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Fourth Story: "The Man Who Collected Crimes!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

ArtJimmy Thompson
LetteringJimmy Thompson

Feature Character(s):

Robotman

Villain(s):

Pincher (first appearance; a rich criminal who kidnaps scientists to create inventions for crimes)

Comment(s):

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


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Fifth Story: "The Colonel and The Clown!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
ArtChuck Winter

Feature Character(s):

Liberty Belle

Supporting Character(s):

Rick Cannon

Villain(s):

A spy(first appearance; impersonates a press agent)


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