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Star Spangled Comics 22

STAR SPANGLED COMICS #22

Cover Date: July 1943
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:


Story: "Brains For Sale!" (12 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Guardian
Newsboy Legion:
Big Words
Tommy Thompkins
Gabby
Scrapper

Villain(s):

Sam the Muscle (first appearance; tries to get rid of the Legion one kid at a time)

Location(s):

Suicide Slum

Story Reprinted in:

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


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Second Story: "Stripesy Becomes a Brain-Truster!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

ArtHal Sherman
LetteringHal Sherman
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Star-Spangled Kid (next in Leading Comics #7)
Stripesy (next in Leading Comics #7)

Villain(s):

kidnappers (first appearance)


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Third Story: "Enigma of the Nickel Knaves" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtGeorge Storm
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Penniless Palmer

Supporting Character(s):

Bunny
Oxie

Villain(s):

Destroyer (Reeves; first appearance; Mr. Hill's servant; hates phones and tries to buy up all nickels so no one can use his pay phones)

Other Character(s):

Murray Hill III (first appearance; president of the local telephone company)


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Fourth Story: "Wings of Treachery!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
ArtChuck Winter
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Liberty Belle

Supporting Character(s):

Rick Cannon
Tom Revere

Villain(s):

Professor Gaffer and other Nazi spies (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Philadelphia, PA
San Remo (first appearance; in the American Southwest)


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Fifth Story: "The Hunter Who Aimed To Miss!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtLouis Cazeneuve
LetteringLouis Cazeneuve
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

T.N.T.
Dyna-Mite

Villain(s):

Gambling thugs (first appearance; try to kill a teller so another person could steal from the bank to cover a debt)

Comment(s):

This story takes place during hunting season.


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Sixth Story: "Raids of the Rubbish Robbers!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsJohn Daly
InksChuck Winter
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Robotman

Supporting Character(s):

Chuck Grayson (next in issue #29/5)

Villain(s):

Scrap thieves (first appearance for all)


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