Star-Spangled Comics
| Star Spangled Comics | |
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Star Spangled Comics #1 (November 1941). Art by Hal Sherman. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre |
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| Publication date | October 1941 – July 1952 |
| Number of issues | 130 |
| Main character(s) |
Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy Newsboy Legion Robin, the Boy Wonder Tomahawk |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Jack Kirby, Jerry Siegel, Joe Simon |
| Artist(s) | Edmond Good, Hal Sherman, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon |
Star Spangled Comics was a comic book series published by DC Comics which ran for 130 issues from October 1941 to July 1952. It was then retitled Star Spangled War Stories and lasted until issue #204 (February–March 1977).
Publication history
Star Spangled Comics debuted with an October 1941 cover date.[1] The series began as a superhero title featuring the adventures of the Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy who appeared until #86.[2] This feature had the distinction of a teen hero with an older sidekick.[3] With issue #7 (April 1942), the title starred the Joe Simon and Jack Kirby-created Newsboy Legion.[4] A series of stories featuring Robin, the Boy Wonder began in issue #65 (February 1947)[5] 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 (June 1947).[6] Merry, Girl of 1,000 Gimmicks first appeared in #81 (June 1948) in the "Star-Spangled Kid" feature.[7] 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.[8][9][10]
The Star Spangled Comics name was used again in 1999 as the title of one issue of the "Justice Society Returns" storyline.[11]
References
- ↑ Star Spangled Comics at the Grand Comics Database
- ↑ Wallace, Daniel; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1940s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9.
Star Spangled Kid had previously appeared in Action Comics #40, but this story by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Hal Sherman introduced his adult sidekick, Stripesy.
- ↑ Markstein, Don (2007). "The Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on November 10, 2015.
Star-Spangled Comics featured another first for DC — the first adolescent superhero with an adult sidekick. It wasn't a very notable first, but still a first.
- ↑ Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 41: "Joe Simon and Jack Kirby took their talents to a second title with Star-Spangled Comics, tackling both the Guardian and the Newsboy Legion in issue #7."
- ↑ Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 54: "The first solo Robin series began with what the cover promised would be 'a thrilling new series of smash adventures.' Readers seemed to agree, and Robin held this spot for five years until Star Spangled Comics published its last issue."
- ↑ Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 55: "The historical hero Tomahawk burst onto the scene in the ten-page back-up story 'Flames along the Frontier', illustrated by Edmond Good."
- ↑ Markstein, Don (2008). "Merry, Girl of 1,000 Gimmicks". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on January 12, 2015.
- ↑ Irvine, Alex "1950s" in Dolan, p. 69: "Star Spangled Comics had brought adventure stories to the reading public since October 1941, but its name change to Star Spangled War Stories turned the focus of the title to war-themed characters and stories."
- ↑ Star Spangled War Stories at the Grand Comics Database
- ↑ Star Spangled War Stories vol. 2 at the Grand Comics Database
- ↑ Star Spangled Comics one-shot at the Grand Comics Database
External links
- Star Spangled Comics at the Comic Book DB
- Star Spangled Comics at Mike's Amazing World of Comics