Star Spangled Comics #18
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Education of Iron-Fist Gookin," a 1943 entry from Star Spangled Comics #18, a scheming mob boss sets up a reluctant upstart as a scapegoat, only to find his plan backfires in unexpected ways. Written by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, with art by Kirby and inks by Arturo Cazeneuve, this wartime tale blends gritty street smarts with a surprising moral twist. The cover, penciled by Kirby and inked by Simon, captures the moment of reckoning with bold, dynamic energy.
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Mob boss Sharpy Pierce decides to use Iron-Fist Gookin, a wanna be gang leader, as the leader of his gang to take the heat off of himself. But when the wanna be learns that he is being used, he turns the tables on Sharpy and teaches him what justice is all about!
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