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STAR SPANGLED COMICS #8
Cover Date: May 1942
Cover Price: $.10
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Joe Simon
Colors: Jack Kirby
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Credits:
| Story | Joe Simon, Jack Kirby |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Joe Simon |
| Lettering | Howard Ferguson |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Guardian (last in All-Star Squadron Annual #1 and Secret Origins Vol. 2 #19/2)
- Newsboy Legion:
- Big Words (last in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #19/2)
- Tommy Thompkins (last in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #19/2)
- Gabby (last in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #19/2)
- Scrapper (last in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #19/2)
Villain(s):
- Big Boss (Larry; first appearance; organizing gangs in Suicide Slum)
Location(s):
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #142 (October 1971)
- The Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 (February 2010)
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Hal Sherman |
| Lettering | Hal Sherman |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Star-Spangled Kid (last in Leading Comics #2)
- Stripesy (last in Leading Comics #2)
Supporting Character(s):
- John Pemberton
Villain(s):
- King Midas (Henry King; first appearance; learns how to transmute matter into a gold-like substance; dies)
Other Character(s):
- Everett Kelsey (first appearance; a cruel factory owner; dies)
- Mary Kelsey Chenny (first appearance; Everett's daughter; loves Henry, but marries another; dies)
- Penelope King (first appearance; Henry's adopted daughter; dies)
Credits:
| Story | Manly Wade Wellman |
| Art | Hal Sharp |
| Lettering | Hal Sharp |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Olga (next in All-Star Squadron #24)
Villain(s):
- Sting
- Candle (formerly The Crime Candle)
- Bandana Bardon
Credits:
| Story | R. L. Ross |
| Art | R. L. Ross |
| Lettering | R. L. Ross |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Bunny
- Oxie
Villain(s):
- two jewel thieves (first appearance for both)
Credits:
| Art | Paul Norris |
| Lettering | Paul Norris |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- The Parrot ("Handsome" Harry Hicks; first appearance; criminal whose voice was ruined; trains parrots to commit crimes and poison victims)
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Leo Nowak |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Robotman (conceals his "Paul Dennis" mask and clothing in a hollow place in his chest)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Eye (Dr. Benton; first appearance; fakes blindness to run hit-and-run racket; commits suicide)