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STAR SPANGLED COMICS #17
Cover Date: February 1943
Cover Price: $.10
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks: Joe Simon (signed)
Colors: Jack Kirby
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Credits:
| Story | Joe Simon, Jack Kirby |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Arturo Cazeneuve |
| Lettering | Howard Ferguson |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Guardian
- Newsboy Legion:
- Big Words (last in Boy Commandos #1/3)
- Tommy Thompkins (last in Boy Commandos #1/3)
- Gabby (last in Boy Commandos #1/3)
- Scrapper (last in Boy Commandos #1/3)
Villain(s):
- Desmond Depew (first appearance; a lawyer who uses the threat of the Rafferty Gang to try and collect protection from neighborhood businesses)
Other Character(s):
- Maggie Rafferty (first appearance; a tough young girl who is the head of the Rafferty Gang after her brother Spike is framed for a crime)
Location(s):
Story Reprinted in:
- The Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 (February 2010)
Credits:
| Art | Hal Sherman |
| Lettering | Hal Sherman |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
- Star-Spangled Kid (last in Leading Comics #5; next in issue #19/2)
- Stripesy (last in Leading Comics #5; next in issue #19/2)
Villain(s):
- Nazis (first appearance for all; building an attack force in the Arizona desert)
Location(s):
- Arizona
Credits:
| Art | E. J. Smalle |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- The Captain of Crime (first appearance; head of a large gang)
Credits:
| Art | Stan Kaye |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Bunny
- Oxie
Credits:
| Art | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Lettering | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Professor Pryall (first appearance; dies)
Comment(s):
- This story takes place on Tex's birthday.
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Ed Dobrotka |
| Editing | Jack Schiff |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- The Turtle (first appearance; gains control of the robot and uses it for crime; see Comments)
Other Character(s):
- Professor Festus (first appearance; builds a large robot, B1, animated by lightning; destroyed)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
Comment(s):
- The Turtle shown in this story is no relation to the other villains by that name.