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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
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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 (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)
Credits:
| Story | Manly Wade Wellman |
| Art | Hal Sharp |
| Lettering | Hal Sharp |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
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)
Credits:
| Art | Arturo Cazeneuve |
| Editing | Whitney 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
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Leo Nowak, Paul Cassidy |
| Inks | Paul Cassidy |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Robotman (Professor Robert Crane; first appearance; 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 robberty attempt; ; also in All-Star Squadron #63 between panels)
Location(s):
- Washington, DC
- Costa Blanca (first appearance; a South American country)
Credits:
| Art | Paul Norris |
| Lettering | Paul Norris |
| Editing | Whitney 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)
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Hal Sherman |
| Lettering | Hal Sherman |
| Editing | Whitney 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