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 (Februaryâ€"March 1977).
Publication history
Star Spangled Comics debuted with an October 1941 cover date. The series began as a superhero title 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 (June 1947). 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 name was used again in 1999 as the title of one issue of the "Justice Society Returns" storyline.
References
External links
- Star Spangled Comics at the Comic Book DB
- Star Spangled Comics at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
- Merry, Girl of 1,000 Gimmicks at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on January 12, 2015.