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STAR SPANGLED COMICS #24

Cover Date: September 1943
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Arturo Cazeneuve

Story: "Death Strikes A Bargain" (13 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Joe Simon, Jack Kirby
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Arturo Cazeneuve
Lettering	Howard Ferguson
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Guardian

Newsboy Legion:

Big Words

Tommy Thompkins

Gabby

Scrapper

Villain(s):

Masterson (first appearance; a phony philanthropist)

Location(s):

Suicide Slum

Story Reprinted in:

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

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Second Story: "The Mail-Order Mob!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Hal Sherman
Lettering	Hal Sherman
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Star-Spangled Kid

Stripesy

Villain(s):

'Mail Order Gang (first appearance; a gang that sells criminals their supplies via a mail order catalogue)

Location(s):

Gotham City

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Third Story: "The Mystery of the Leaping Lothario!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Henry Boltinoff
Lettering	Henry Boltinoff
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Penniless Palmer

Supporting Character(s):

Bunny

Oxie

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Fourth Story: "The Beggars' Masquerade!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Don Cameron
Art	Chuck Winter
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Liberty Belle

Supporting Character(s):

Rick Cannon

Villain(s):

Nazis(first appearance for all)

Location(s):

North Africa

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Fifth Story: "The Bandit Beasties!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	John Daly
Inks	Chuck Winter
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Robotman

Villain(s):

Professor Mugge (first appearance; creates robotic animals to use to steal)

Comment(s):

Robotman probably re-purposes and reprograms one of Mugge's dogs for the basis of Robbie.

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