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STAR SPANGLED COMICS #13

Cover Date: October 1942
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks: Joe Simon (signed)
Colors: Jack Kirby

Story: "The Scoop of Suicide Slums!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Guardian (last briefly in Young All-Stars #25; story briefly retold in Young All-Stars #27; next in Young All-Stars #30)

Newsboy Legion:

Big Words (briefly seen in Young All-Stars #27)

Tommy Thompkins (briefly seen in Young All-Stars #27)

Gabby (briefly seen in Young All-Stars #27)

Scrapper (briefly seen in Young All-Stars #27)

Villain(s):

Windy Wicks and Slim Slavin (first appearance for both; two robbers)

Franklin D. Clark (first appearance; publisher of the Observer; in collusion with criminals)

Location(s):

Suicide Slum

Story Reprinted in:

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #147 (March 1972)

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

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Second Story: "The Man Who Could Make Dreams Come True!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Hal Sherman
Lettering	Hal Sherman
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Star-Spangled Kid (next in Leading Comics #4/All-Star Squadron #56)

Stripesy (next in Leading Comics #4/All-Star Squadron #56)

Supporting Character(s):

John Pemberton

Gloria Pemberton

Villain(s):

Nemo Morris and his Japanese gang (first appearance for all; runs a racket making people's dreams go true)

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Third Story: "The Skirmish of the Spider and The Fly!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Hal Sharpe
Lettering	Hal Sharpe
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Tarantula (also appears briefly in a retelling of this story in Young All-Stars #27, then later on in that issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Olga

Villain(s):

Fly (first appearance; crook using large fly-like glider wings to steal silk)

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Fourth Story: "Case of the Smiling Statue!" (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 Perilous Passage!!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Louis Cazeneuve
Lettering	Louis Cazeneuve
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

T.N.T.

Dyna-Mite

Villain(s):

Blast (first appearance; criminal who tries to sabotage a nearly completed tunnel)

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Sixth Story: [No Title] (10 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jerry Siegel
Art	Sam Citron
Inks	Sam Citron
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Robotman (also seen briefly in a portion of this story in Young All-Stars #27; reveals several modifications to his standard robotic body including short-range flight rockets; next in Young All-Stars #30)

Supporting Character(s):

Chuck Grayson (last in Young All-Stars #14)

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