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Star Spangled Comics 21

STAR SPANGLED COMICS #21

Cover Date: June 1943
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Fred Ray


Story: "The House Where Time Stood Still" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Simon, Jack Kirby
PencilsJack Kirby
InksArturo Cazeneuve
LetteringHoward Ferguson
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Guardian (last in Detective Comics #76/2)
Newsboy Legion:
Big Words
Tommy Thompkins
Gabby
Scrapper

Villain(s):

Karl and August (first appearance; two Nazi spies trying to take over the Presby home to use as a base)

Other Character(s):

Presby Brothers (Hector and Julius; first appearance; two hermit brothers trying to avoid World War I)

Location(s):

Suicide Slum

Comment(s):

This story is loosely based on the Collyer Brothers, two hermits who lived in a mansion, unseen for decades.

Story Reprinted in:

Detective Comics #442 (August-September 1974)
The Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 (February 2010)


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Second Story: "Pop Goes the Weasel!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

ArtHal Sherman
LetteringHal Sherman
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Star-Spangled Kid
Stripesy

Supporting Character(s):

John Pemberton(dresses up as a robber to teach his friend's wife a lesson)

Villain(s):

Weasel (first appearance; a crook)


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Third Story: "The Vandal Invaders!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
ArtChuck Winter
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Liberty Belle

Supporting Character(s):

Rick Cannon

Villain(s):

Nazis saboteurs (first appearance for all, steal the Liberty Bell)

Location(s):

Glendale (first appearance)
Philadelphia, PA


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Fourth Story: "The Dynamic Duds!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

ArtLouis Cazeneuve
LetteringLouis Cazeneuve
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

T.N.T.
Dyna-Mite

Villain(s):

Crooks (first appearance; use static electricity to foil the duo's powers)


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Fifth Story: "The Vanishing Elevator" (7 Pages)

Credits:

ArtStan Kaye
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Penniless Palmer

Supporting Character(s):

Bunny
Oxie


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Sixth Story: "The Four Strong Men!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtJohn Daly
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Robotman

Supporting Character(s):

Chuck Grayson (last in issue #18/6)

Villain(s):

Powerhouse Powell (first appearance; fakes super-strength to get people to rob for him)


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