Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1942-02-01
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.

Editorial Advisory Board

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

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

[The Story of the Newsboy Legion]

The Newsboy Legion / comic story / 13 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Newsboy Legion (introduction) Frankie the Fence (villain); Chips Carder (villain)
Synopsis:
Jim Harper becomes the Guardian for the first time, and also stops a local gang of kids from being sent to jail, hoping he can help them turn their lives around.
Reprints (5)

The Crime Escadrille

Tarantula / comic story / 8 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:

[The Gas Bombs]

Captain X / comic story / 7 pages


  • Genre:war; aviation; military
Characters:

Indexer Notes

Captain X of the R.A.F.

[no title indexed]

"Super" Duper; Canada Dry Ginger Ale / comics-form advertising / 1 page

[The Birth of Robotman]

Robotman / comic story / 13 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:

Editorial Advisory Board

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

Don't Tread on Me

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

TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite / comic story / 6 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Dwarf (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

First appearance of TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite. They appear next in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #5 (Spring 1942).

The order of TNT appearances determined by copyright dates (Star Spangled Comics #7 on February 1, 1942 and World's Finest Comics #5 on February 3, 1942). Note that the two books essentially debuted at the same time.

text story / 1.67 pages

[no title indexed]

advertisement / 0.33 page

The Picture That Killed

The Star-Spangled Kid / comic story / 13 pages


  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Synopsis:
The Needle and Dr. Weerd join forces.

advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page

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