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Star Spangled Comics 23

STAR SPANGLED COMICS #23

Cover Date: August 1943
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Arturo Cazeneuve


Story: "Art for Scrapper's Sake" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Simon, Jack Kirby
PencilsJack Kirby
InksArturo Cazeneuve
LetteringHoward Ferguson
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Guardian
Newsboy Legion:
Big Words
Tommy Thompkins
Gabby
Scrapper

Villain(s):

Mr. Greentree and Dudley Dabb (first appearance; two art racketeers)

Location(s):

Suicide Slum

Story Reprinted in:

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


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Second Story: "Sweet Land of Liberty!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

ArtHal Sherman
LetteringHal Sherman
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Star-Spangled Kid (last in World's Finest Comics #10/2)
Stripesy (last in World's Finest Comics #10/2)

Supporting Character(s):

John Pemberton

Villain(s):

Nazis prisoners (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Adolf Berlin (first appearance; a young boy who is a staunch Nazi and sees the error of his ways; changes his name to George Washington Abraham Lincoln Franklin Delano Roosevelt Berlin)


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Third Story: "Too Many Sleuths!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtHenry Boltinoff
LetteringHenry Boltinoff
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Penniless Palmer

Supporting Character(s):

Bunny
Oxie


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Fourth Story: "An American Joan of Arc!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryDon Cameron
ArtChuck Winter
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Liberty Belle

Supporting Character(s):

Rick Cannon

Villain(s):

Nazis(first appearance for all)

Location(s):

North Africa (near Rabat, Monocco)
New York City, NY


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Fifth Story: "The Clumsy Criminals!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

ArtLouis Cazeneuve
LetteringLouis Cazeneuve
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

T.N.T. (see Comments)
Dyna-Mite (see Comments)

Comment(s):

This story takes place during the fall.
This is the final T.N.T and Dyna-Mite story.
Pre-Crisis, both T.N.T. and Dyna-Mite appear in Super Friends #12; Post-Crisis, they both appear next in All-Star Squadron #59.


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Sixth Story: "The Vanishing Vandals!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsJohn Daly
InksChuck Winter
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Robotman

Villain(s):

Thieves (first appearance for all; use glider wings to escape)


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