Cover: Jack Kirby & Joe Simon

Star Spangled Comics #15

Dec 1942 · DC · 0.10 USD

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"Playmates of Peril!" in Star Spangled Comics #15 (1942) delivers a classic wartime thriller from Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, with Kirby handling both interior art and cover pencils, and Simon providing inks and letters. When the Guardian moves to stop the Baxter gang’s planned crime, the tension escalates as Jim Harper’s absence from his patrol draws scrutiny—especially from a watchful Sergeant—and the gang, aware of the surveillance, presses forward with their scheme.

Contains 6 stories

Playmates of Peril!

13 pp · Superhero

Mrs. SlatteryTony (grocer)Sergeant MulroonySparky (Suicide Slum gang member)Butch Baxter (villain)

In "Playmates of Peril!" from Star Spangled Comics #15 (1942), the Guardian takes on the Baxter gang before their planned crime, but when Officer Jim Harper is reprimanded for missing his beat, the gang sees an opening—knowing Harper’s every move is being watched by a suspicious Sergeant.

The Log of the Lucky Lode

7 pp · Superhero

Tarantula Turns Thief!

8 pp · Superhero

The College of Crime!

13 pp · Superhero

Case of the Haunted Hams

6 pp · Humor

Trial of Robotman!

10 pp · Superhero

Jeff (Robotman's lawyer)Sam Slugg (villain, shyster lawyer)Brutus Bane (villain)

In "Trial of Robotman!" from Star Spangled Comics #15 (1942), the Man of Metal faces a courtroom showdown unlike any other when a cunning lawyer attempts to have him declared a dangerous machine—legally dismantled to serve his own criminal interests. With his very existence on the line, Robotman must convince the court he’s truly human, turning the trial into a battle of identity, logic, and justice.