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Star Spangled Comics 7

STAR SPANGLED COMICS #7

Cover Date: April 1942
Cover Price: $.10

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


Story: "Newsboy Legion Starring The Guardian" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Simon, Jack Kirby
PencilsJack Kirby
InksJoe Simon
LetteringHoward Ferguson
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Guardian (Jim Harper; first appearance; rookie policeman; also in All-Star Squadron Annual #1 and Secret Origins Vol. 2 #19/2 between panels)
Newsboy Legion:
Big Words (Anthony Rodriguez; first appearance; an orphan who becomes the ward of Jim Harper; also in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #19/2 between panels)
Tommy Thompkins (first appearance; an orphan who becomes the ward of Jim Harper; also in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #19/2 between panels)
Gabby (John Gabrielli; first appearance; an orphan who becomes the ward of Jim Harper; also in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #19/2 between panels)
Scrapper (Patrick MacGuire; first appearance; an orphan who becomes the ward of Jim Harper; also in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #19/2 between panels)

Villain(s):

Kidnappers (first appearance for all)
Frankie the Fence (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Judge Collins (first appearance; awards custody of the boys to Officer Harper)

Location(s):

York City
Suicide Slum (first appearance)

Comment(s):

The Newsboy Legion's given names are not revealed until...
Dating in later retelling of this story place it in early January, 1942.

Story Reprinted in:

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #141/2 (September 1971)
Adventure Comics #503 (September 1983)
The Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 (February 2010)


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Second Story: "The Crime Escadrille" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryManly Wade Wellman
ArtHal Sharp
LetteringHal Sharp
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Tarantula

Supporting Character(s):

Olga (last in issue #5/4)

Villain(s):

Sting (first appearance; an crime boss who organizes his own private air force; dies)

Other Character(s):

Captain Averill (first appearance; a pilot and a college chum of Jonathan's)


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Third Story: [No Title] (7 Pages)

Credits:

ArtArturo Cazeneuve
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Captain X (next, as Richard Dare, in Fury of Firestorm #50)

Supporting Character(s):

Stuffy
J.J.

Villain(s):

Nazis (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Harold Calvert (first appearance; an author whose murder methods are used by the Nazis)

Location(s):

London, England
Kent, England
Berlin, Germany


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Fourth Story: "Robot-Man" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
PencilsLeo Nowak, Paul Cassidy
InksPaul Cassidy
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Robotman (Professor Robert Crane; first appearance; last in Men of War Vol. 2 #8; pioneer cybernetist; brain transferred into robot body; takes the identity of Paul Dennis; also in All-Star Squadron #63 between panels)

Supporting Character(s):

Chuck Grayson (first appearance; Crane's co-inventor and a neurosurgeon; also in All-Star Squadron #63 between panels)
Joan Carter (first appearance; Crane's fiancee; also in All-Star Squadron #63 between panels)

Villain(s):

Mason and his gang (first appearance for all; criminal who kills Crane during a robbery attempt; ; also in All-Star Squadron #63 between panels)


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Fifth Story: "T.N.T. with Dan The Dyna-Mite" (7 Pages)

Credits:

ArtPaul Norris
LetteringPaul Norris
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

T.N.T. (last in World's Finest Comics #5/4)
Dyna-Mite (last in World's Finest Comics #5/4)

Villain(s):

The Dwarf (first appearance; a very short crime boss)


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Sixth Story: "The Picture that Killed!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtHal Sherman
LetteringHal Sherman
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Star-Spangled Kid (next in Leading Comics #2)
Stripesy (next in Leading Comics #2)

Supporting Character(s):

John Pemberton

Villain(s):

Needle (between issue #7/6 and #15/4)
Doctor Weerd (next in issue #9/2)
Enrico Pinazi (first appearance; an art dealer that attempts to steal a painting working with Dr. Weerd)

Location(s):

near Metropolis


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