Star-Spangled Comics

Star Spangled Comics
Star Spangled Comics #1 (November 1941). Art by Hal Sherman.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing series
Publication date(s)	October 1941–July 1952
No. of issues	130
Main character(s)	Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy Newsboy Legion Robin, the Boy Wonder Tomahawk
Creative team
Written by	Jack Kirby, Jerry Siegel, Joe Simon
Artist(s)	Edmond Good, Hal Sherman, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon

Star Spangled Comics was a comic book series 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).

Star Spangled Comics debuted with an October 1941 cover date. The series began as a superhero title featuring the adventures of the Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy who appeared until #86 (November 1948). This feature had the distinction of a teen hero with an older sidekick. With issue #7 (April 1942), the title starred the Joe Simon and Jack Kirby-created Newsboy Legion. A series of stories featuring Robin, the Boy Wonder began in issue #65 (February 1947) 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. Tomahawk, a western feature, was introduced in #69 (June 1947).Merry, Girl of 1,000 Gimmicks first appeared in #81 (June 1948) in the "Star-Spangled Kid" feature. 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 name was used again in 1999 as the title of one issue of the "Justice Society Returns" storyline.