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Star Spangled Comics 36

STAR SPANGLED COMICS #36

Cover Date: September 1944
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Fred Ray


Story: "Kidnapping in Ten Easy Lessons!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

ArtJon Small

Feature Character(s):

Star-Spangled Kid
Stripesy

Supporting Character(s):

John Pemberton

Villain(s):

Socko, Sluggo and Smacko (first appearance for all; plan to kidnap Sylvester, since it would be easier than taking on the Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy)


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Second Story: "Please Pass The Peril!" (5 Pages)

Credits:

ArtStan Kaye

Feature Character(s):

Penniless Palmer

Supporting Character(s):

Bunny
Oxie


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Third Story: "The Cowboy of Suicide Slum!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

ArtArturo Cazeneuve

Feature Character(s):

Guardian (last in Newsboy Legion and the Boy Commandos Special #1)
Newsboy Legion:
Big Words (last in Newsboy Legion and the Boy Commandos Special #1)
Tommy Thompkins (last in Newsboy Legion and the Boy Commandos Special #1)
Gabby (last in Newsboy Legion and the Boy Commandos Special #1)
Scrapper (last in Newsboy Legion and the Boy Commandos Special #1)

Villain(s):

Little Dodo and his gang (first appearance for all; trying to retrieve his father's stolen loot)

Other Character(s):

Hawkeye Hawkins (first appearance; sheriff of Howling Gulch; visiting Suicide Slum)

Location(s):

Suicide Slum


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Fourth Story: "The Battle With The Beasts!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

ArtJimmy Thompson
LetteringJimmy Thompson

Feature Character(s):

Robotman

Villain(s):

Hugo Harrar (first appearance; a disgraced animal trainer who trains resurrected dinosaurs to terrorize mankind)

Comment(s):

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


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Fifth Story: "Man Against Machine!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
ArtChuck Winter

Feature Character(s):

Liberty Belle

Supporting Character(s):

Rick Cannon

Villain(s):

Bentley and his crew (first appearance for all; a planted spy who plans on using Crowley's army to aid the Nazis)

Other Character(s):

Asa Crowley (first appearance; an elderly inventor who creates a robot army)


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