Unofficial Star Spangled Comics Index

STAR SPANGLED COMICS #63

Cover Date: December 1946
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1946-10-02

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Steve Brodie

Story: "Code of the Newsstand!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Steve Brodie
Lettering	Ira Schnapp
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Guardian (next in flashback in DC Universe: Legacies #2)

Newsboy Legion:

Big Words

Tommy Thompkins

Gabby

Scrapper

Villain(s):

Stiletto Mike (first appearance; an escaped convict)

Location(s):

Suicide Slum

Chinatown

Comment(s):

This is the final appearance of The Guardian in a Golden Age story.

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Second Story: "The Land of Dreams?" (5 Pages)

Feature Character(s):

Penniless Palmer

Supporting Character(s):

Bunny

Oxie

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Third Story: "The Star of Destiny!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Jon Small
Lettering	Ira Schnapp
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Star-Spangled Kid

Stripesy

Villain(s):

Professor Destiny and his gang (John Destine; first appearance for all; an astronomer who goes insane and starts to plot crimes using astrology)

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Fourth Story: "Robbie, The Lone Wolf!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Jimmy Thompson
Lettering	Jimmy Thompson

Feature Character(s):

Robotman

Supporting Character(s):

Robbie the Robotdog

Villain(s):

Taffy and his gang (first appearance for all)

Comment(s):

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

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Fifth Story: "Doll Robbers!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Don Cameron
Art	Chuck Winter

Feature Character(s):

Liberty Belle

Villain(s):

Joe, Sam and Louie (first appearance for all; smuggle stolen diamonds in a doll)

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