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STAR SPANGLED COMICS #11

Cover Date: August 1942
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Joe Simon
Colors: Jack Kirby

Story: "Paradise Prison!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Joe Simon, Jack Kirby
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Joe Simon
Lettering	Howard Ferguson
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Guardian (between All-Star Squadron #27 and #31)

Newsboy Legion:

Big Words (between All-Star Squadron #26 and #44)

Tommy Thompkins (between All-Star Squadron #26 and #44)

Gabby (between All-Star Squadron #26 and #44)

Scrapper (between All-Star Squadron #26 and #44)

Villain(s):

B. Q. Goodley (first appearance; a corrupt reform school warden)

Location(s):

Suicide Slum

Story Reprinted in:

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #145/2 (January 1972)

The Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 (February 2010)

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Second Story: "Case of the Crippled Car!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jerry Siegel
Art	Hal Sherman
Lettering	Hal Sherman
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Star-Spangled Kid (next in All-Star Squadron #31)

Stripesy (next in All-Star Squadron #31)

Villain(s):

Mr. Koto and his gang (first appearance for all; a Japanese agent who runs a tire-stealing ring)

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Third Story: "Galloping Gold" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Manly Wade Wellman
Inks	Ed Smalle
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Tarantula

Supporting Character(s):

Olga

Villain(s):

Bardon (first appearance; a cattle rustler)

Location(s):

Coyote Coulee (first appearance; a small Western town)

Story Reprinted in:

World's Finest Comics #207

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Fourth Story: "Cross-Eyed Crocodile!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	R. L. Ross
Lettering	R. L. Ross
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Penniless Palmer

Supporting Character(s):

Bunny

Oxie

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Fifth Story: "The Case of the Missing Memory!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Louis Cazeneuve
Lettering	Louis Cazeneuve
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

T.N.T. (next in All-Star Squadron #31)

Dyna-Mite (next in All-Star Squadron #31)

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Sixth Story: "Adventure of the Plundering Jap!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Sam Citron
Inks	George Roussos
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Robotman

Supporting Character(s):

Chuck Grayson

Villain(s):

Slanteyes (first appearance; a Japanese agent with an autogyro with a powerful magnet who steals scrap metal)

Location(s):

Cleveland, OH

Comment(s):

This story takes place on July 1st, 1942.

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