Star Spangled Comics is a comics anthology 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 (February–March 1977).
Publication history
Star Spangled Comics debuted with an October 1941 cover date.[1] The series began as a superhero title featuring the adventures of the Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy who appeared until #86 (November 1948).[2] This feature had the distinction of a teen hero with an older sidekick (the reverse of the usual arrangement).[3] With issue #7 (April 1942), the title starred the Joe Simon and Jack Kirby-created Newsboy Legion.[4] A series of stories featuring Robin, the Boy Wonder began in issue #65 (February 1947)[5] 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. Comics historian Brian Cronin has noted that due to Robin's feature in Star Spangled Comics, he made more appearances during the Golden Age of Comics than Batman.[6]
^Wallace, Daniel; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1940s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 37. ISBN978-0-7566-6742-9. Star Spangled Kid had previously appeared in Action Comics #40, but this story by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Hal Sherman introduced his adult sidekick, Stripesy.{{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Markstein, Don (2007). "The Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on May 27, 2024. Star Spangled Comics featured another first for DC — the first adolescent superhero with an adult sidekick. It wasn't a very notable first, but still a first.
^Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 41: "Joe Simon and Jack Kirby took their talents to a second title with Star Spangled Comics, tackling both the Guardian and the Newsboy Legion in issue #7".
^Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 54: "The first solo Robin series began with what the cover promised would be 'a thrilling new series of smash adventures'. Readers seemed to agree, and Robin held this spot for five years until Star Spangled Comics published its last issue".
^Wallace "1940s" in Dolan, p. 55: "The historical hero Tomahawk burst onto the scene in the ten-page back-up story 'Flames along the Frontier', illustrated by Edmond Good".
^Markstein, Don (2010). "Tomahawk". Don Markstein's Toonopedia.
^Irvine, Alex "1950s" in Dolan, p. 69: "Star Spangled Comics had brought adventure stories to the reading public since October 1941, but its name change to Star Spangled War Stories turned the focus of the title to war-themed characters and stories".
