Actions
 Unofficial Star Spangled Comics Index

Star Spangled Comics 2

STAR SPANGLED COMICS #2

Cover Date: November 1941
Cover Price: $.10

< PREV
TITLE INDEX
NEXT >

Cover Credits:
Art: Hal Sherman (Signed)


Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtHal Sherman
LetteringHal Sherman
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Star-Spangled Kid (next in the second story in this issue)
Stripesy (next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

John Pemberton

Villain(s):

Doctor Weerd (now Professor Stanton)

Comment(s):

Star-Rocket Racer now has an auto-gyro feature.


2

Second Story: "Ring of Rags" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtHal Sherman
LetteringHal Sherman
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Star-Spangled Kid (between the first and sixth stories in this issue)
Stripesy (between the first and sixth stories in this issue)

Villain(s):

King of the Ring of Rags (Edmond Penton; first appearance; "king" of a band of beggars who commit crimes; hides his loot in a fake hunchback)

Other Character(s):

Mary (first appearance; a beautiful young woman that Penton wanted to marry)
Bob (first appearance; Mary's boyfriend, nearly killed by Penton)

Location(s):

Metropolis


3


Third Story: "Captain X" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJon L. Blummer
ArtJon L. Blummer
LetteringJon L. Blummer
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Captain X

Supporting Character(s):

Stuffy
J.J.

Villain(s):

Nazis (first appearance for all)
Simons (first appearance; a spy)

Location(s):

London, England
Kent, England


4

Fourth Story: "Tarantula" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMort Weisinger
ArtHal Sharp
LetteringHal Sharp
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Tarantula

Villain(s):

Crime Candle (first appearance; costumed crook who uses a powder that causes deadly fumes when added to a candle flame)


5

Fifth Story: "Armstrong of the Army" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEd Moore
ArtEd Moore
LetteringEd Moore
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Armstrong of the Army

Villain(s):

two spies (first appearance for both)

Other Character(s):

Doctor Mason (first appearance; builds a ray that caused matter to age at different rates)

Location(s):

American Southwest


6

Sixth Story: [No Title] (14 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtHal Sherman
LetteringHal Sherman
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Star-Spangled Kid (last in the second story in this issue)
Stripesy (last in the second story in this issue)

Villain(s):

Bundists

Other Character(s):

Rolf Chandler (first appearance; writes anti-Bundist and anti-fascist articles)


7