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Cover: Jack Kirby & Joe Simon

Star Spangled Comics #18

Mar 1943 · DC · 0.10 USD
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In "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.

Contains 8 stories
The Education of Iron-Fist Gookin
13 pp · Superhero
Iron-Fist GookinSharpy Pierce (villain)Trigger (villain)Chuck (villain)Silvie (villain)

In "The Education of Iron-Fist Gookin," a 1943 tale from Star Spangled Comics #18, mob boss Sharpy Pierce recruits the ambitious but unproven Jo as a front to shield himself from law enforcement. When Jo discovers he’s been manipulated, he flips the script—using his newfound position to confront Sharpy and deliver a lesson in justice, one punch at a time.

Untitled Humor story
0.5 pp · Humor
Stripesy vs. the Star-Spangled Kid
13 pp · Superhero
Granny Get Your Gun!
8 pp · Superhero
Mystery of the Phony Sneeze
6 pp · Humor
Dealer of Doom!
7 pp · Superhero
Untitled story
0.45 pp
Robotman Was Worth His Weight in Gold!
10 pp · Superhero

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Raw (Good) $134
CGC 9.6 · 1 in census $7,237*
CGC 9.4 none in existence
CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $3,596
CGC 9.0 · 1 in census $2,272
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CGC 7.5 · 3 in census $906
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CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $632*
CGC 6.0 · 2 in census $547*
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CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $416
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CGC 4.0 · 1 in census $324*
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CGC 2.5 · 1 in census $207*
CGC 2.0 · 1 in census $176*
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CGC 0.5 · 1 in census $89*
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Cast · 17 characters

Big WordsChuck GraysonDanny DunbarDan the Dyna-MiteGabbyJim HarperJohn LawPat DuganPenniless PalmerPrivate PeteRobotmanScrapperSylvester PembertonTarantulaTex N. ThomasTNTTommy Tompkins

Full credits

writer Joe Simon
writer, artist Jack Kirby
inker Arturo Cazeneuve
letterer Howard Ferguson
cover pencils Jack Kirby
cover inks Joe Simon

Reprints

Reprinted in The Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #1 (2010)

Key issues in Star Spangled Comics

#1★
#1 1st appearance — Sylvester Pemberton
#69★
#69 1st appearance — Tomahawk
#7★
#7 1st appearance — Robotman
#122★
#122 1st appearance — Marie Thirteen
#14★
#14 1st appearance — Joan Carter
#6★
#6 1st appearance — Penniless Palmer

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