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  • Star-Spangled Comics
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  • Star Spangled Comics debuted with an October 1941 cover date. the series started out as a superhero book, featuring the adventures of the Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy. With issue #7 (April 1942), the title starred the Joe Simon and Jack Kirby-created Newsboy Legion. A series of stories featuring Robin, the Boy Wonder began in issue #65 (February 1947) and continued through the end of the title with issue #130, and primarily featured Robin solo adventures, but also included some occasional cameos by Batman. Tomahawk, a western feature, was introduced in #69. In the early 1950s, the title became dominated by horror features, and by the end of its run the book switched to a war format; at which point it was rebooted to become Star Spangled War Stories.
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Date
  • October 1941 – July 1952
ongoing
  • y
Issues
  • 130
Type
  • title
Caption
  • Art by Hal Sherman.
  • Cover to Star Spangled Comics #1 .
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Title
  • Star Spangled Comics
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  • DC Comics
ID
  • 733
Artists
  • Edmond Good, Hal Sherman, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon
Schedule
  • Monthly
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  • Star Spangled Comics debuted with an October 1941 cover date. the series started out as a superhero book, featuring the adventures of the Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy. With issue #7 (April 1942), the title starred the Joe Simon and Jack Kirby-created Newsboy Legion. A series of stories featuring Robin, the Boy Wonder began in issue #65 (February 1947) and continued through the end of the title with issue #130, and primarily featured Robin solo adventures, but also included some occasional cameos by Batman. Tomahawk, a western feature, was introduced in #69. In the early 1950s, the title became dominated by horror features, and by the end of its run the book switched to a war format; at which point it was rebooted to become Star Spangled War Stories. The Star Spangled Comics title was used again in 1999 as the title of one issue of the "Justice Society Returns" storyline.