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Star Spangled Comics 4

STAR SPANGLED COMICS #4

Cover Date: January 1942
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Hal Sherman (Signed)


Story: [No Title] (13 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):

Needle (first appearance; a very tall former circus performer, now criminal and killer; next in Leading Comics #1)
Reynauld (first appearance; a very small dwarf who hides in packages and kills the Needle's foes)

Comment(s):

Sylvester tries to act as an amateur sleuth to gain information.


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Second Story: [No Title] (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtHal Sherman
LetteringHal Sherman
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

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

Supporting Character(s):

John Pemberton
Gloria Pemberton

Villain(s):

Mister Ghool (first appearance; crime boss who causes his victims to fall into suspended animation; gang members dress like ghouls; next in World's Finest Comics #7/4)


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Third Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEd Moore
ArtEd Moore
LetteringEd Moore
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Armstrong of the Army

Villain(s):

Professor Arnot (first appearance; a German scientist who develops a "sand cannon" that clogs airplane engines)
Krogg (first appearance; Arnot's henchman; dies)

Other Character(s):

Bender (first appearance; Armstrong's pilot; dies)

Location(s):

American Southeast


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryManly Wade Wellman
ArtHal Sharp
LetteringHal Sharp
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Tarantula

Villain(s):

Blade (first appearance; a knife wielding gang leader)

Other Character(s):

President Gomez and his daughter Paula (first appearance for both; leader of a small South American country)


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Fifth Story: [No Title] (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)

Location(s):

London, England
Kent, England
Norway


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Sixth Story: "The Flying Buzz-Saw!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtHal Sherman
LetteringHal Sherman
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Star-Spangled Kid (last in the second story in this issue; next in Leading Comics #1)
Stripesy (last in the second story in this issue; next in Leading Comics #1)

Supporting Character(s):

John Pemberton
Gloria Pemberton

Villain(s):

Doctor Weerd (uses an ionic ray that changes gold to lead and a giant flying buzz-saw blade)

Comment(s):

The Star-Rocket Racer now has a flying hover capability.


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