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STAR SPANGLED COMICS #6
Cover Date: March 1942
Cover Price: $.10
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Cover Credits:
Art: Hal Sherman
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Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Hal Sherman |
| Lettering | Hal Sherman |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Star-Spangled Kid (next in the sixth story in this issue)
- Stripesy (next in the sixth story in this issue)
Supporting Character(s):
- John Pemberton
- Gloria Pemberton
- Breezy (first appearance; an orphan who is adopted by the Pembertons)
Villain(s):
- Doctor Weerd
- Marvin Dudley (first appearance; head of a juvenile facility; in league with Weerd to steal Breezy's inheritance)
Comment(s):
- This story takes place over several days.
Credits:
| Art | Cliff Young |
| Lettering | Cliff Young |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Professor Mannfried Otto Jung (first appearance; a animal trainer using jaguars to stop an Army base; dies)
Location(s):
- Washington, DC
- Costa Blanca (first appearance; a South American country)
Credits:
| Story | Manly Wade Wellman |
| Art | Hal Sharp |
| Lettering | Hal Sharp |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Bandana Bardon (first appearance; an outlaw posing as a Wild West Show owner)
Other Character(s):
- Sheriff Merritt (first appearance; a western sheriff who has chased down Bardon in the past)
Credits:
| Story | R. L. Ross |
| Art | R. L. Ross |
| Lettering | R. L. Ross |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Penniless Palmer (first appearance; a down on his luck young private detective)
Supporting Character(s):
- Bunny South (first appearance; Palmer's girlfriend)
- Oxie (first appearance; Palmer's manpower and champion banana eater of the World)
Villain(s):
- Link the Slink (first appearance; a sneak thief)
Credits:
| Story | Jon L. Blummer |
| Art | Jon L. Blummer |
| Lettering | Jon L. Blummer |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Stuffy
Villain(s):
- Nazis (first appearance for all)
Location(s):
- London, England
- Kent, England
- Kiel Naval Base
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Hal Sherman |
| Lettering | Hal Sherman |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Star-Spangled Kid (last in first story in this issue)
- Stripesy (last in first story in this issue)
Villain(s):
- Adolph Hitler
- Herr Hunt (first appearance; head of the Gestapo in Occupied France; ordered to destroy the Statue of Liberty; uses a giant claw on an airplane; probably dies)
- Schwein (first appearance; uses a localized earthquake machine; dies),
- Blitz (uses a vibration machine; dies)
- Pheffer (uses a hurricane wind machine; dies)
- Kreig (first appearance; tries to use a powerful bomb)
Other Character(s):
- "Carl Schultz" (first appearance; a spy for the French Freedom Group; dies)
Comment(s):
- The Pemberton's live within driving distance of New York City.
- The Star-Rocket Racer is equipped with a plastic coating that allows it to remain vibration free and amphibious features.