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STAR SPANGLED COMICS #28

Cover Date: January 1944
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Inks: Arturo Cazeneuve

Story: "Poor Man's Rich Man" (11 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Joe Simon, Jack Kirby
Layout pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Arturo Cazeneuve

Feature Character(s):

Guardian

Newsboy Legion:

Big Words

Tommy Thompkins

Gabby

Scrapper

Other Character(s):

Pop O'Leary (first appearance; a poor nightwatchman who is conned into thinking he has inherited a large estate)

Location(s):

Suicide Slum

Story Reprinted in:

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

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Second Story: "Patron of Plunder!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Hal Sherman
Lettering	Hal Sherman

Feature Character(s):

Star-Spangled Kid (next in Leading Comics #9)

Stripesy (next in Leading Comics #9; hypnotized to attack Syl)

Villain(s):

Mister Gadget (between issue #25/2 and #43/4)

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Third Story: "The Cruise to Nowhere!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Art	George Storm
Lettering	George Storm

Feature Character(s):

Penniless Palmer

Supporting Character(s):

Bunny

Oxie

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Fourth Story: "The All-American Way!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Don Cameron
Art	Chuck Winter

Feature Character(s):

Liberty Belle

Supporting Character(s):

Rick Cannon

Villain(s):

Nazis(first appearance for all)

Location(s):

San Colon

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Fifth Story: "The Mobster and The Millionaire!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Jimmy Thompson
Lettering	Jimmy Thompson
Editing	Jack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Robotman

Location(s):

Dangerfield's Dude Ranch (first appearance; located near the Rocky Mountains)

Comment(s):

Thompson uses a combination of hand lettering and Ames Mechanical lettering.

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