Unofficial Star Spangled Comics Index

STAR SPANGLED COMICS #53

Cover Date: February 1946
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1945-12-03

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Steve Brodie

Story: "The Poet of Suicide Slum!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Don Cameron
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Steve Brodie
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Guardian

Newsboy Legion:

Big Words

Tommy Thompkins

Gabby (wins a poetry contest)

Scrapper

Villain(s):

Bugs Birch and Silent Sam (first appearance for both; two gangsters)

Inky Smith (first appearance; a counterfeiter)

Location(s):

Suicide Slum

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Second Story: "Lightning Strikes Twice!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Joe Samachson
Art	Jimmy Thompson
Lettering	Jimmy Thompson
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Robotman

Supporting Character(s):

Robbie the Robotdog

Villain(s):

Gloves (first appearance; uses artificially generated lightning to commit robberies)

Comment(s):

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

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Third Story: "Mission to Manchukuo!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Don Cameron
Art	Chuck Winter
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Liberty Belle

Supporting Character(s):

Rick Cannon

Villain(s):

Japanese Army (first appearance for all; many die)

Location(s):

China

Comment(s):

This story takes place some time before September 1945.

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Fourth Story: "The Scent of the Straying Schnauzer" (5 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Thurston Harper
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Penniless Palmer

Supporting Character(s):

Bunny

Oxie

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Fifth Story: "Clip-Joint for Crime!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Joe Samachson
Art	Jon Small
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Star-Spangled Kid

Stripesy

Supporting Character(s):

Gloria Pemberton

Villain(s):

Zebra and his gang (first appearance for all; use barbershop gossip to plan crimes)

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