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Issue: Star Spangled Comics #79
Publication Date: April 1948
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Issues: #79 of 130 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/04/1948
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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
Format Notes:  
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The Tick-Tock Crimes

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Clock
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In Content Item: FlagThe Robin Archives #1 published October 2005
as [Cover - Star Spangled Comics #79]; The Tick-Tock Crimes! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Robin Archives #1 published October 2005
as Backcover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]cover
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Same as splash page of Robin story.

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/).
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Credits
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kodak
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Zero Hour!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Clock (villain)
Synopsis: The Clock breaks out of prison utilizing time to achieve it, then goes about using time once again to outwit Robin, even providing advance clues to those crimes!
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In Content Item: FlagThe Robin Archives #1 published October 2005
as Zero Hour [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: The advance cover story title doesn't match the actual story title. The splash page replicates the cover.

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/).
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Leo Johnson

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Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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Feature(s): Gang Busters
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Pages: 1
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Prize Plunder!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]; Robbie the Robotdog
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Pages: 6
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Mystery on the Mountain

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Ray-o-Vac
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Pages: 1
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Gentleman Pat Dugan!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; S.J. Pemberton; Harvey; Lord Brooks (villain); Colonel Deever (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: 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/).
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Feature(s): A Date with Judy
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Pages: 1
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Daffy & Doodle
First Line: Daffy, I've noticed everytime you begin to read a magazine...
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Pages: 1
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The Case of the Punctured Balloons

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Penniless Palmer
Character(s): Penniless Palmer
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Pages: 5
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Willie McTuff
First Line: I'll see that you don't escape again...
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Pages: 0.5
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Six Letter Man

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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A Victory for White Bear!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, western
Character(s): Tomahawk [Tom Hawk]; Dan Hunter; White Bear [John Steele]; Uncle Luke (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: 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/).
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Western Comics
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Casey the Cop
First Line: That's so, Casey -- I read it in a book!
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Pages: 0.5
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Charles Atlas
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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