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STAR SPANGLED COMICS #1
Cover Date: October 1941
Cover Price: $.10
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Cover Credits:
Art: Hal Sherman (signed)
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Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Hal Sherman |
| Lettering | Hal Sherman |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Star-Spangled Kid (Sylvester Pemberton; first appearance; a child prodigy who decides to fight crime and Nazi spies; last in flashback in Star Spangled Comics #18; next in the fifth story in this issue)
- Stripesy (Patrick "Pat" Dugan; first appearance; an auto mechanic and boxer; teams as the "junior" partner with Star-Spangled Kid; last in flashback in Star Spangled Comics #18; inventor of the Star-Rocket Racer; next in the fifth story in this issue)
Supporting Character(s):
- John Pemberton (first appearance; a wealthy banker and father of Sylvester Pemberton)
- Gloria Pemberton (first appearance; Sylvester Pemberton's mother)
Villain(s):
- Bundists (first appearance for all; leader Ferd Klaug named)
Credits:
| Story | Jon L. Blummer |
| Art | Jon L. Blummer |
| Lettering | Jon L. Blummer |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Captain X (Buck Dare; first appearance; an American reporter for the American bureau of the Tribune in London; see Comments)
Supporting Character(s):
- J.J. (first appearance; Dare's editor at the Tribune bureau office)
- Stuffy (first appearance; Captain X's mechanic)
Villain(s):
- Nazis (first appearance for all; building a tunnel out of metal between Dunkirk and Dover; destroyed)
Location(s):
- London, England
- Chatham Naval Base
- Dunkirk, France
Comment(s):
- It was later revealed that Richard "Buck" Dare was in fact an American spy and an agent for O.S.S..
Credits:
| Story | Mort Weisinger |
| Art | Hal Sharp |
| Lettering | Hal Sharp |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Tarantula (Jonathan Law; first appearance; a mystery novelist who becomes a mystery man to research them for a future novel; last in flashback in All-Star Squadron #18/All-Star Squadron #66; see Comments)
Supporting Character(s):
- Olga (first appearance; Jon Law's housekeeper who sews up his costume; last in flashback in All-Star Squadron #18/All-Star Squadron #66; next in issue #5/4)
Villain(s):
- Ace-Deuce (first appearance; a murderous robber; dies)
Comment(s):
- This story takes place between flashbacks in All-Star Squadron #18 and All-Star Squadron #66.
- Dating in the flashback places this story in late June, 1941.
Credits:
| Story | Ed Moore |
| Art | Ed Moore |
| Lettering | Ed Moore |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Armstrong of the Army (Lieutenant Armstrong; first appearance; of US Army Intelligence)
Villain(s):
- spies (first appearance for all; one dies)
Location(s):
- American Southwest
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Hal Sherman |
| Lettering | Hal Sherman |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Star-Spangled Kid (last in the first story in this issue)
- Stripesy (last in the first story in this issue)
Supporting Character(s):
- John Pemberton
- Gloria Pemberton
Villain(s):
- Doctor Weerd (Dr. James Stanton; first appearance; an eminent psychologist; takes a "Hyde-like" formula and transforms into the large and ogreish Doctor Weerd)
Other Character(s):
- President of the Whitmore National Bank (first appearance; killed by Dr. Weerd's giant robot)
- A dozen eminent psychologists and doctors (first appearance; want to interview and examine Sylvester)