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Star Spangled Comics 52

STAR SPANGLED COMICS #52

Cover Date: January 1946
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1945-10-30

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Steve Brodie


Story: "Rehearsal For A Crime!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
PencilsArturo Cazeneuve
InksSteve Brodie
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Guardian
Newsboy Legion:
Big Words
Tommy Thompkins
Gabby
Scrapper

Villain(s):

Blackie Evers and his gang (first appearance for all; plans out his robberies and rehearses just like a stage play)

Location(s):

Suicide Slum


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Second Story: "The Ghost Dog!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Samachson
ArtJimmy Thompson
LetteringJimmy Thompson
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Robotman

Supporting Character(s):

Robbie the Robotdog

Villain(s):

Unnamed crooks (first appearance for all; paint a dog in glowing paint to pass it off as a ghost to scare travelers)

Location(s):

The countryside

Comment(s):

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


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Third Story: "The Beggar Band!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Samachson
ArtJon Small
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Star-Spangled Kid
Stripesy

Supporting Character(s):

John Pemberton

Villain(s):

Beggars Band (first appearance for all; group of beggars organized into criminal gangs by a restaurant owner)


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Fourth Story: "The Pills and the Pottage" (5 Pages)

Credits:

ArtThurston Harper
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Penniless Palmer

Supporting Character(s):

Bunny
Oxie


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Fifth Story: "Seasick Mikado!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
ArtChuck Winter
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Liberty Belle

Supporting Character(s):

Rick Cannon

Villain(s):

Japanese Army (first appearance for all; many die)

Other Character(s):

Lun Fo (first appearance; a Chinese spy)

Location(s):

An island in the Pacific Ocean

Comment(s):

This story takes place some time before September 1945.


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