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Issue: Star Spangled Comics #55
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/29/1946
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U .S.
Paper Stock: glossy Cover; newsprint Interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
 
 
Gabby Strikes a Gusher

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
superhero
Newsboy Legion
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Miscellaneous
1
Ira Schnapp letterer credit via Todd Klein through a post from his blog Kleinletters, 16 October 2016 (retrieved 19 November 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/star-spangled-schnapp/).

Cover signed "Simon & Kirby."
Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
0.33
Inside front cover.
G Is for Gazelle

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Miscellaneous
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Inside front cover.
Gabby Strikes a Gusher!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
superhero
J. Destry Shearer (villain); Pretty Boy (villain); Needles (villain); Stogie (villain)
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Miscellaneous
10
Inks credit confirmed from collected edition.

Ira Schnapp letterer credit via Todd Klein through a post from his blog Kleinletters, 16 October 2016 (retrieved 19 November 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/star-spangled-schnapp/).

"By Joe Simon & Jack Kirby" byline.
[untitled]

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Been an awful lot of champion athletes...
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Miscellaneous
1
A Guilty Innocent

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous
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Miscellaneous
5
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
science fiction
His strange magnetic powers save him...
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Miscellaneous
1
The Hat Chase

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous
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Miscellaneous
0.5
On the top half of the page.
[untitled]

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
historical
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Miscellaneous
0.5
On bottom half of the page.
The Jigsaw Puzzle Murder!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Pudge Malone (death); Baldy Hines; S.J. Pemberton; Commissioner Dunn; Beetle
Pudge is murdered by Baldy but before he dies he leaves a picture puzzle of his killer.
Reprinting
FlagDC 100-Page Super Spectacular #DC-12 published May 1972
as The Jigsaw Puzzle Murder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperboy #185 published May 1972
as The Jigsaw Puzzle Murder! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Ira Schnapp letterer credit via Todd Klein through a post from his blog Kleinletters, 16 October 2016 (retrieved 19 November 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/star-spangled-schnapp/).
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Daffy & Doodle
This is the last button in the house...
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Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Fleer's
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Champion

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
2
The Successful Failure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Dr. Shrink
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Miscellaneous
6
Byron Nelson

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
sports
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Miscellaneous
1
Temporary Traitor!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Rickey Cannon; Nishi; Ishimoto; Shimizu
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Miscellaneous
10
[untitled]

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typeset
Subject Matter
The Weather Man
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
Cool Under Fire!

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Subject Matter
adventure
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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