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Star Spangled Comics 15

STAR SPANGLED COMICS #15

Cover Date: December 1942
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks: Joe Simon (signed)
Colors: Jack Kirby


Story: "Playmates of Peril!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Simon, Jack Kirby
PencilsJack Kirby
InksArturo Cazeneuve
LetteringHoward Ferguson
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Guardian
Newsboy Legion:
Big Words
Tommy Thompkins
Gabby
Scrapper

Villain(s):

Butch Baxter Gang (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Sgt. Mulroony (first appearance; Harper's supervisor)

Location(s):

Suicide Slum

Comment(s):

Arturo Cazeneuve credited as Joe Simon.

Story Reprinted in:

The Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 (February 2010)


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Second Story: "The Log of the Lucky Lode" (7 Pages)

Credits:

ArtLouis Cazeneuve
LetteringLouis Cazeneuve
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

T.N.T. (next in DC Universe: Legacies #2/2)
Dyna-Mite (next in DC Universe: Legacies #2/2)

Villain(s):

Bank robbers (first appearance for all; float stolen gold downstream inside hollow logs)

Location(s):

North Woods


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Third Story: "Tarantula Turns Thief!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryManly Wade Wellman
ArtHal Sharpe
LetteringHal Sharpe
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Tarantula

Supporting Character(s):

Olga (last appearance)

Villain(s):

Gunch (first appearance; a crooked lawyer)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Comment(s):

Law's newest novel, The Perfect Crime, is published by Samuel Beerd.


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Fourth Story: "The College of Crime!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

ArtHal Sherman
LetteringHal Sherman
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Star-Spangled Kid (uses the alias Kid Starr; next in DC Universe: Legacies #2/2)
Stripesy (uses the alias Paddy Stripe-O; next in DC Universe: Legacies #2/2)

Villain(s):

Professor Leeds and his gang (first appearance for all; runs a "Crime College")
Needle (between issue #9/2 and #20/2; revealed to be a graduate of the Crime College)


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Fifth Story: "The Case of the Haunted Hams!!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtStan Kaye
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Penniless Palmer

Supporting Character(s):

Bunny
Oxie


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Sixth Story: "Trial of Robotman!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtSam Citron
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Robotman (real identity revealed; next in All-Star Squadron #18)

Guest Star(s):

Commander Steel (shown to be behind the scenes in this story in All-Star Squadron #17)
Firebrand II (Danette Reilly; (shown to be behind the scenes in this story in All-Star Squadron #17)
Johnny Quick (shown to be behind the scenes in this story in All-Star Squadron #17)
Liberty Belle (shown to be behind the scenes in this story in All-Star Squadron #17)

Supporting Character(s):

Chuck Grayson (between All-Star Squadron #13 and #17)
Joan Carter (between issue #8/6 and #14/6)
Tubby Watts (shown to be behind the scenes in this story in All-Star Squadron #17)

Villain(s):

Sam Slattery (first appearance; a crooked lawyer; called Sam Slugg in this story)
Brutus Bane (Slattery's hired muscle)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Comment(s):

This story is retold with new information in All-Star Squadron #17.
This story takes place in late January, 1942.


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