| Star Spangled Comics | |
 Cover to Star-Spangled Comics #1 (Nov. 1941). Art by Hal Sherman. |
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| Publication information | |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Publication date | Oct. 1941 - July 1952 |
| Number of issues | 130 |
| Main character(s) | Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy Newsboy Legion Robin, the Boy Wonder Tomahawk |
Star Spangled Comics was the title of a comic book series published by DC Comics which ran for 130 issues from 1941 through 1952. At that point it was retitled Star Spangled War Stories and lasted another 200+ issues until 1977.
Publication history
Star Spangled Comics started out as a superhero book, featuring the adventures of the Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy. Later, the title starred the Simon & Kirby-created Newsboy Legion, and then a series of stories featuring Robin, the Boy Wonder. The Robin features began in issue #65 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. In the late 1940s the title was fronted by Tomahawk, a western feature that quickly graduated to its own magazine. 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.
References
- Star Spangled Comics at the Comic Book DB
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