Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #5

Price: 0.10 USD

Pages: 68

On-sale Date: 1941-11-28

Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor)

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The Star-Spangled Kid / cover / 1 page

Pencils:	Harold Sherman (signed)
Inks:	Harold Sherman (signed)
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:superhero

Universe:

DC : mainstream

Characters:

Issue Data

Publisher's Brand: A Superman DC Publication
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
Indicia Frequency: monthly

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

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Lancaster County Seeds / advertisement / 1 page

[The Menace of Moonglow]

(Table of Contents: 2)

The Star-Spangled Kid / comic story / 17 pages

Script:	Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils:	Harold Sherman (credited as Hal Sherman)
Inks:	Harold Sherman (credited as Hal Sherman)
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:superhero

Universe:

DC : mainstream

Characters:

Moonglow [Professor Egbert Whipple]
(villain, introduction)
The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]
Stripesy [Pat Dugan]

Now on Sale

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[The Master Plan of Dr. Weerd]

(Table of Contents: 4)

The Star-Spangled Kid / comic story / 8 pages

Script:	Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils:	Harold Sherman (credited as Hal Sherman)
Inks:	Harold Sherman (credited as Hal Sherman)
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:superhero

Universe:

DC : mainstream

Characters:

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 5)

Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 1 page

Script:	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils:	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks:	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:humor; teen

First Line of Dialogue or Text:This oughta be a good football game!

Characters:

Jerry

The Story of the Washington Monument

(Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 2 pages

Script:	?
Pencils:	?
Inks:	?
Colors:	?
Letters:	typeset

Genre:non-fiction

[Vacation]

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Armstrong of the Army / comic story / 8 pages

Script:	Ed Moore (signed)
Pencils:	Ed Moore (signed)
Inks:	Ed Moore (signed)
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:adventure; military

Universe:

DC : mainstream

Characters:

Lieutenant Armstrong

[The Warlord of Crime]

(Table of Contents: 8)

Tarantula / comic story / 8 pages

Script:	Manly Wade Wellman
Pencils:	Hal Sharp (signed)
Inks:	Hal Sharp (signed)
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:superhero

Universe:

DC : mainstream

Characters:

Tarantula [John Law]

Siva

Editorial Advisory Board

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

Pogo, the Circus Horse

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Good Books Worth Reading / in-house column / 0.67 page

[The Amphibian Weapons]

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Captain X / comic story / 8 pages

Script:	Jon Blummer
Pencils:	Jon Blummer
Inks:	Jon Blummer
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:war; aviation; military

Universe:

DC : mainstream

Characters:

Captain X [Buck Dare]

Indexer Notes

Captain X of the R.A.F.

I Only Regret That I Have But One Life to Lose for My Country

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Famous American Words / cartoon / 0.5 page

Script:	Fred Ray (signed as FRAY)
Pencils:	Fred Ray (signed as FRAY)
Inks:	Fred Ray (signed as FRAY)
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:non-fiction; history

First Line of Dialogue or Text:These were the immortal words of 21-year-old Captain Nathan Hale just before he was hanged as a spy...

Characters:

Nathan Hale

Indexer Notes

Above the Leading Comics promo.

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Leading Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

[The Return of the Needle]

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The Star-Spangled Kid / comic story / 8 pages

Script:	Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils:	Harold Sherman (credited as Hal Sherman)
Inks:	Harold Sherman (credited as Hal Sherman)
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:superhero

Universe:

DC : mainstream

Characters:

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(Table of Contents)

The Star-Spangled Kid / cover / 1 page

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

[no title indexed]

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Lancaster County Seeds / advertisement / 1 page

[The Menace of Moonglow]

(Table of Contents: 2)

The Star-Spangled Kid / comic story / 17 pages

Now on Sale

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[The Master Plan of Dr. Weerd]

(Table of Contents: 4)

The Star-Spangled Kid / comic story / 8 pages

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 5)

Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 1 page

The Story of the Washington Monument

(Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 2 pages

[Vacation]

(Table of Contents: 7)

Armstrong of the Army / comic story / 8 pages

[The Warlord of Crime]

(Table of Contents: 8)

Tarantula / comic story / 8 pages

Editorial Advisory Board

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 9)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

Pogo, the Circus Horse

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 10)

Good Books Worth Reading / in-house column / 0.67 page

[The Amphibian Weapons]

(Table of Contents: 11)

Captain X / comic story / 8 pages

Indexer Notes

I Only Regret That I Have But One Life to Lose for My Country

(Table of Contents: 12)

Famous American Words / cartoon / 0.5 page

Indexer Notes

[no title indexed]

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Leading Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

[The Return of the Needle]

(Table of Contents: 14)

The Star-Spangled Kid / comic story / 8 pages

And Now the "Big Seven" Becomes the "Big Eight"!

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

Energy to Move a Mountain

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Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page

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The Star-Spangled Kid / cover / 1 page

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

Lancaster County Seeds / advertisement / 1 page

[The Menace of Moonglow] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Star-Spangled Kid / comic story / 17 pages

Now on Sale (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[The Master Plan of Dr. Weerd] (Table of Contents: 4)

The Star-Spangled Kid / comic story / 8 pages

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 1 page

The Story of the Washington Monument (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 2 pages

[Vacation] (Table of Contents: 7)

Armstrong of the Army / comic story / 8 pages

[The Warlord of Crime] (Table of Contents: 8)

Tarantula / comic story / 8 pages

Editorial Advisory Board (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 9)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

Pogo, the Circus Horse (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 10)

Good Books Worth Reading / in-house column / 0.67 page

[The Amphibian Weapons] (Table of Contents: 11)

Captain X / comic story / 8 pages

Indexer Notes

I Only Regret That I Have But One Life to Lose for My Country (Table of Contents: 12)

Famous American Words / cartoon / 0.5 page

Indexer Notes

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 13)

Leading Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

[The Return of the Needle] (Table of Contents: 14)

The Star-Spangled Kid / comic story / 8 pages

And Now the "Big Seven" Becomes the "Big Eight"! (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 15)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 16)

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

Energy to Move a Mountain (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 17)

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents)

[no title indexed]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

[The Menace of Moonglow]

(Table of Contents: 2)

Now on Sale

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

[The Master Plan of Dr. Weerd]

(Table of Contents: 4)

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 5)

The Story of the Washington Monument

(Table of Contents: 6)

[Vacation]

(Table of Contents: 7)

[The Warlord of Crime]

(Table of Contents: 8)

Editorial Advisory Board

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 9)

Pogo, the Circus Horse

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 10)

[The Amphibian Weapons]

(Table of Contents: 11)

I Only Regret That I Have But One Life to Lose for My Country

(Table of Contents: 12)

[no title indexed]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 13)

[The Return of the Needle]

(Table of Contents: 14)

And Now the "Big Seven" Becomes the "Big Eight"!

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 15)

[no title indexed]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 16)

Energy to Move a Mountain

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