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STAR SPANGLED COMICS #27

Cover Date: December 1943
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Inks: Arturo Cazeneuve

Story: "Turn On The Heat" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Joe Simon, Jack Kirby
Layout pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Arturo Cazeneuve
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Guardian

Newsboy Legion:

Big Words

Tommy Thompkins

Gabby

Scrapper

Villain(s):

Clinker (first appearance; an insurance company detective setting fires for profit)

Location(s):

Suicide Slum

Story Reprinted in:

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

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Second Story: "Patron of Plunder!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Hal Sherman
Lettering	Hal Sherman
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Star-Spangled Kid

Stripesy

Supporting Character(s):

Gloria Pemberton

John Pemberton

Villain(s):

Lorenz and his gang (first appearance for all; run an art school scam)

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Third Story: "The Case of the Moaning Mummy!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	George Storm
Lettering	George Storm
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Penniless Palmer

Supporting Character(s):

Bunny

Oxie

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Fourth Story: "The Haunted Emblem!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Don Cameron
Art	Chuck Winter
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Liberty Belle

Supporting Character(s):

Rick Cannon

Villain(s):

German spies(first appearance for all)

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Fifth Story: "The Dude Cowboys!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Jimmy Thompson
Lettering	Jimmy Thompson
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Robotman

Location(s):

Dangerfield's Dude Ranch (first appearance; located near the Rocky Mountains)

Comment(s):

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

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